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Despite formula I use (for example SUM) result is always zero.



 
 
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Old April 23rd, 2010, 03:10 PM posted to microsoft.public.excel.worksheet.functions
Anida
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Default Despite formula I use (for example SUM) result is always zero.

Despite formula I use (for example the most simple SUM) it always shows me
zero result even it should show a lot more. Values in other cells (cells that
I sum) are in number format. Why this happens??
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Old April 23rd, 2010, 03:27 PM posted to microsoft.public.excel.worksheet.functions
David Biddulph
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Default Despite formula I use (for example SUM) result is always zero.

It doesn't matter whether the cells are FORMATTED to DISPLAY as number;
what matters is whether the CONTENTS are numbers. My guess is that they are
text that might look like a number. If one of your numbers is in A2, what
do the formulae =ISTEXT(A2) and =ISNUMBER(A2) show?
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"Anida" wrote in message
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Despite formula I use (for example the most simple SUM) it always shows me
zero result even it should show a lot more. Values in other cells (cells
that
I sum) are in number format. Why this happens??



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Old April 24th, 2010, 03:32 AM posted to microsoft.public.excel.worksheet.functions
Max
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Default Despite formula I use (for example SUM) result is always zero.

This quick fix might suffice for you
Instead of using: =SUM(A2:A5)
use this, array-enter it, ie press CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER to confirm the formula:
=SUM(A2:A5+0)
The "+0" will coerce all text numbers (if any) within the source range
(A2:A5) to real numbers w/o impacting their intrinsic values, and return the
desired results. Happy? hit the YES below
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"Anida" wrote:
Despite formula I use (for example the most simple SUM) it always shows me
zero result even it should show a lot more. Values in other cells (cells that
I sum) are in number format. Why this happens??

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Old April 26th, 2010, 09:43 AM posted to microsoft.public.excel.worksheet.functions
Anida
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Default Despite formula I use (for example SUM) result is always zero.

When I put =isnumber(a2) it shows me true, and for =istext false. What next?

"David Biddulph" wrote:

It doesn't matter whether the cells are FORMATTED to DISPLAY as number;
what matters is whether the CONTENTS are numbers. My guess is that they are
text that might look like a number. If one of your numbers is in A2, what
do the formulae =ISTEXT(A2) and =ISNUMBER(A2) show?
--
David Biddulph


"Anida" wrote in message
...
Despite formula I use (for example the most simple SUM) it always shows me
zero result even it should show a lot more. Values in other cells (cells
that
I sum) are in number format. Why this happens??



.

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Old April 26th, 2010, 12:26 PM posted to microsoft.public.excel.worksheet.functions
Dave Peterson
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Default Despite formula I use (for example SUM) result is always zero.

Make sure that calculation is set to automatic.

In xl2003 menus:
tools|options|calculation tab

And your range to sum does include A2, right?

Anida wrote:

When I put =isnumber(a2) it shows me true, and for =istext false. What next?

"David Biddulph" wrote:

It doesn't matter whether the cells are FORMATTED to DISPLAY as number;
what matters is whether the CONTENTS are numbers. My guess is that they are
text that might look like a number. If one of your numbers is in A2, what
do the formulae =ISTEXT(A2) and =ISNUMBER(A2) show?
--
David Biddulph


"Anida" wrote in message
...
Despite formula I use (for example the most simple SUM) it always shows me
zero result even it should show a lot more. Values in other cells (cells
that
I sum) are in number format. Why this happens??



.


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Dave Peterson
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Old April 26th, 2010, 12:28 PM posted to microsoft.public.excel.worksheet.functions
Dave Peterson
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Default Despite formula I use (for example SUM) result is always zero.

And any chance that the sum is 0? Maybe you have positive, negative and zero
values in the range?

And one more thing to check.

Type these two formulas in separate cells:
=count(A1:a10)
=counta(a1:a10)

(change A1:A10 to the range you're summing.)

=count() will count the numbers in the range.
=counta() will count numbers, strings, even formulas that evaluate to "" in the
range.

Anida wrote:

When I put =isnumber(a2) it shows me true, and for =istext false. What next?

"David Biddulph" wrote:

It doesn't matter whether the cells are FORMATTED to DISPLAY as number;
what matters is whether the CONTENTS are numbers. My guess is that they are
text that might look like a number. If one of your numbers is in A2, what
do the formulae =ISTEXT(A2) and =ISNUMBER(A2) show?
--
David Biddulph


"Anida" wrote in message
...
Despite formula I use (for example the most simple SUM) it always shows me
zero result even it should show a lot more. Values in other cells (cells
that
I sum) are in number format. Why this happens??



.


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Dave Peterson
 




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