Formula that checks balances

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I have a long list of formulas in column "E".

I need to know at a glance whether any value in this column is inequal to
zero without having to page down all the way through thousands of rows.

Summing the column is no good because there could be offsetting values (e.g.
+5 + -5 = 0).

I would like a formula I could place in one cell that would indicate if
every formula in the column evaluates to zero or not (rounded to 2 decimals).
Can anyone help?

Thanks!
 
xp said:
I would like a formula I could place in one cell
that would indicate if every formula in the column
evaluates to zero or not (rounded to 2 decimals).
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First, it would be a good practice if you ensured that each formula rounded
to 2 decimal places, either by explicitly using the ROUND function
(preferred) or by using the "Precision As Displayed" calculation option in
conjunction with a number format other than General.

If you do that, then the following might meet your needs:

=COUNTIF(E1:E100,"<>0")

Otherwise, try:

=SUMPRODUCT(--(ROUND(E1:E100,2)<>0))

Note that these formulas return a count of non-zero values, not simply "if
every cell is zero". I think the count is more useful.

FYI, I usually do this inconjunction with a parallel column (e.g. F1:F100)
of the form:

=IF(ROUND(E1,2)=0,"","ERROR")

Then the first formula can be simply: =COUNTIF(F1:F100,"ERROR")


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hi
use a countif formula
=countif(E2:E10,0)
the above would tell you if you have any formulas that equate to zero.
to find where that is use the following....
=ADDRESS(MATCH(0,E2:E10,0),1,1)
the above will only show the first instance of a zero value. in case you
have more than one.

regards
FSt1
 
hi
use a countif formula
=countif(E2:E10,0)
the above would tell you if you have any formulas that equate to zero.
to find where that is use the following....
=ADDRESS(MATCH(0,E2:E10,0),1,1)
the above will only show the first instance of a zero value. in case you
have more than one.

regards
FSt1









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One another
=SUM(E1:E100*E1:E100)
Just press Ctrl+Shift+Enter in place of Enter as this is an array
formula.
If any non zero value is there then the formula result will be >0

Or if you do not use formula one other way.

Select the E1:E100---->If E1 is "0" then press Ctrl+Shift+\ ----
This will select all cells not "0"
In case the E1 is not zero you can make it 0 for time being.
 
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