Brian Barker wrote:
At 07:58 28/01/2009 -0500, Gene Young wrote:
... enter the formula as =(D1+200) -Note the parentheses.
I've noted the parentheses - but what do they do, please? (I hope the
answer is "nothing".)
They group functions together. It says to add the D1 value and 200 before doing anything else with
this information. It probably won't affect this simple equation but is is a good habit to get into
for when you start creating more complex equations.
An example of this is =INT((D2 + (0.25*D2))) ...
You may be catching parenthesesitis. Try:
=INT(D2 + 0.25*D2)
There should have only been two sets like =INT(D2 + (0.25*D2))
This tells Calc to multiply D2 by 0.25 before the addition rather than D2 +
0.25 times D2.
(with one set of parentheses instead of your three) or even:
=INT(1.25*D2)
This would also work.
Brian Barker
Hopes this clarifies.
--
Gene Y.
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