Cell reading Balanced problem

[jimboba]

I am using the formula below to say if a cell is 0 then the message is
Balanced.
This has always worked ok until now, but if the cell is 0.009999 for
example, it reads Unbalanced. As this is a sheet with Number formatted to 2
decimal places I still want it to read Balanced. I have tried formatting the
cell in many different ways, even moving the cell elsewhere on the sheet, but
unable to find the solution.
I have checked all cells in the calculation chain for errors in inputting
which is giving me the rogue total, but to no avail.
Does it need a better formula than the one I have to specifically bar
numbers after 0.00 so that the cell will read Balanced? Help much
appreciated. Thanks.


IF(F46=0,"< Balanced >","< Unbalanced >")

 

[Gary''s Student]

You need to ignore anything beyond the first two decimal digits:

=IF(INT(F46*100)=0,"< Balanced >","< Unbalanced >")

 

[David Biddulph]

Well, if you format that to 2 places, that will be 0.01.
If that is what you want to use, you could change
=IF(F46=0,"< Balanced >","< Unbalanced >") to
=IF(ROUND(F46,2)=0,"< Balanced >","< Unbalanced >")

If you don't want to use ROUND, you might prefer ROUNDDOWN

 

[francis]

David
Have you test the formula? its would still return unbalance as it give 0.01
which is <> 0

Do you means =IF(ROUND(F46,0)=0,"< Balanced >","< Unbalanced >")
and Format Cells >> Number >> Number >> Decinal places >> 2

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Thank You

cheers, francis

 

[David Biddulph]

I have given you two suggestions. If neither of those is acceptable you may
wish to define your own upper and lower limits.
Your suggestion of =IF(ROUND(F46,0)=0,"< Balanced >","< Unbalanced >") will
give Balanced for any value between -0.5 and 0.5.
If that is what you want, then use it.
If you want to define another (arbitrary) pair of limits, try something like
=IF(AND(F46>lowerlimit,F46<upperlimit)=0,"< Balanced >","< Unbalanced >")
and put your limits in cells which you can reference in the formula.
What limits do you want to set?