Finding the percentage difference of two or more numbers

S

slr

I need to find the difference of 2 or more numbers and then show the
percentage "+ or -" in a separate cell.

For example, if wanted to see the growth or decrease of a club
attendance for 3 yrs.

Year 1 = 345
Year 2 = 514
Year 3 = 231
 
R

Ron Coderre

If your data is in Cells A1:A3, then
B2: =(A2-A1)/A1
Format that cell as Percent

Then, copy B2 down as far as needed.

Does that help?

Regards,
Ro
 
G

gailann

If you want to show just that attendance has either increased or
decreased by a + or -, use this:

(If your data is in Cells A1:A3, then
B2: =IF(A2>A1,"+",IF(A2<A1,"-","No Change"))
 
S

slr

Column A Column B Column C
A1 = 345 B1=514 C1 = 231

I want to know the percentage of difference between all 3 and place the
result the percentage (growth or decline %) in Column D1
 
B

Bob Miller

If you data is in A1, A2, A3 respectively then, in B2 put =(A2-A1)/A
and copy this to all the cells below adjacent to data in an A colum
cell. Format column B to %.
 
B

Bob Miller

For what you want, column B is not significant. Therefore, place this
in D1:
(C1-A1)/A1 and format it as a percentage.
 

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