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Change negative to positive numbers and vice versa

nfoong
7 - Meteor

Hi, I have a table below:

 

Profit-100
Operating Cost20
Taxes20
Net Profit -60

 

I need to change all negative numbers to positive and vice versa.


What's the quickest way to do it? I have an odd situation, whereby costs is shown as positive and revenue as negative....

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MarqueeCrew
20 - Arcturus
20 - Arcturus
Formula of:

[value] * -1

Should do the trick!

Cheers,
Mark
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nfoong
7 - Meteor

Thanks Mark

 

Formula doesnt recognise "value" - i have the type of output as FixedDecimal...

 

What should i change value to?

 

MarqueeCrew
20 - Arcturus
20 - Arcturus

@nfoong,

 

Your sample data didn't have a field name.  When using the formula tool, select the field that has that "value" in it and use the formula where you replace [Value] with the actual field name.  In the following example, let's say that the field name is "Amount".

 

[Amount] * -1

That's how to change a value from positive to negative or negative to positive.

 

Cheers,

Mark

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