[Year 12 IPM] Help Request from Excel Experts please.

[Keith Richardson]

Mnay thanks Oliver.
Keith



On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 13:25:11 +1000, "Murray O."
<murrao at westbourne.vic.edu.au> said:
> Hi Keith
> Try TRUNC function
> Below is some info from help
> 
> Truncates a number to an integer by removing the fractional part of the
> number.
> 
> Syntax
> 
> TRUNC(number,num_digits)
> 
> Number    is the number you want to truncate.
> 
> Num_digits    is a number specifying the precision of the truncation. The
> default value for num_digits is 0 (zero).
> 
> Remark
> 
> TRUNC and INT are similar in that both return integers. TRUNC removes the
> fractional part of the number. INT rounds numbers down to the nearest
> integer based on the value of the fractional part of the number. INT and
> TRUNC are different only when using negative numbers: TRUNC(-4.3) returns
> -4, but INT(-4.3) returns -5 because -5 is the lower number.
> 
> regards
> Oliver Murray
> Web Developer
> Westbourne Grammar School
> www.westbournegrammar.com
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Keith Richardson [mailto:keithcr at fastmail.fm] 
> Sent: Thursday, 31 March 2005 12:56 PM
> To: List IP&M
> Subject: [Year 12 IPM] Help Request from Excel Experts please.
> 
> Hi - I have received an Excel query from a workmate that has me stumped,
> and I am wondering if anyone out there in expertsville has an answer.
> Below please find the email he sent me.
> What he wants is for excel to automatically drop of the cents retaining
> only the dollars, and for this new dollar-only value to be fixed (not
> just having the cents invisible but really still there).
> Many thanks, Keith.
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 12:05:50 +1000, "Leonard Hain"
> <len.hain at yavneh.vic.edu.au> said:
> > Keith
> > 
> > Further to the query I raised with you the other day regarding the
> > identification of a formula that can be used when adding a row of figures
> > in
> > an excel worksheet, where figures after the decimal point have been
> > rounded
> > off to disclose whole numbers but to still appear if the sum total at the
> > end of the column adds. This is for presentation purposes, where you
> > don't
> > want to explain rounding differences and there are too many line items to
> > manually address the problem.
> > 
> > Using the standard SUM formula or the ROUND formula. you achieve results
> > in
> > the simplest form that look like they don't add, such as 2+2=3. The
> > following example demonstrates.
> > 
> > 
> >       Actual Figure
> >      Elimination of Decimals
> > 
> >       1.51
> >      2
> > 
> >       1.51
> >      2
> > 
> >       3.02
> >      3
> > 
> >       Sum
> >      Sum
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Can you please advise of an addition formula that addresses this issue.
> > 
> > Leonard Hain
> > Financial Controller
> > Mizrachi Nominees Pty Ltd and
> > Yavneh College Nominees Pty Ltd
> > 
> > Postal Address : P.O. Box 164, South Caulfield 3162
> > Local Address  : 2 Nagle Avenue, Elsternwick 3185
> > Direct Phone     : 61 3 9523-8106
> > Facsimile          : 61 3 9523-7621
> > Email               : len.hain at yavneh.vic.edu.au
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> Keith Richardson
> Leibler Yavneh College
> Elsternwick Ph (03)9528 4911
> keithcr at fastmail.fm
> 
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keithcr at fastmail.fm