Why is this syntax used in Excel?
I was reviewing an Excel spreadsheet, and I noticed someone did this
=+I8-+I$6 -- What does the + do?
IE. versus =I8-I6 ... What's the difference? Thanks!
If I$6 is negative the formula will change it to a positive value before subtracting. Try it out with some #s.
Edit: Also sometimes for the first plus I will hit "+" on the keypad to start a formula because it is faster than hitting "=" then moving your hand over to the keypad.
Really? Doesn't do that in my Excel, so the extra "+" just seems useless.
Yeah it's the same as "=", but is a habit from whatever Excel's predecessor was. A lot of our older people here use it which is really annoying. Also can be a timesaver like DFF said - start a formula with it and you don't have to leave the num pad.
Old people formulas
yeah i never got that either. i would just use abs() obviously if you want a number to always be positive....
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