librecalc

[Michael]

I like yours better. it is shorter.

On Tue, Mar 10, 2020 at 2:48 PM Craig Whipp <crwhipp at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> It looks like you already have a working solution, but you might try:
>
> =max((H3/I3)-(15*0.55); 0)
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: Michael <bmike1 at gmail.com>
> Date: 3/8/20 10:01 PM (GMT-07:00)
> To: Main PLUG discussion list <plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org>
> Subject: Re: librecalc
>
> That is what I want. I want the answer to be not a negative number
> if it is a negative number it needs to be zero.
>
> On Mon, Mar 9, 2020 at 12:40 AM Joseph Sinclair <plug-discussion at stcaz.net> wrote:
>>
>> It is not clear your exact equation goal.
>> Here is one interpretation of your equation: =(H3/I3)-(15*0.55) <== This is what it currently does, with order of operations.  With 1 and 1 it produces 1-8.25, which is -7.25.
>> Here is another, what you *might* intend: =H3/((I3-15)*0.55)  <== This would still be negative if I3 < 15, but it *might* be closer to what you intended....  This would, with 1 and 1, produces −0.12987013
>>
>> As you can see, the order of the equation makes a large difference, and I do not know what the intent is.
>>
>> To make it not negative, first you probably need numbers in columns H and I that are larger.  Beyond that, you *could* use the ABS() function to force the value to non-negative, but that also may not produce the correct results...
>>
>>
>>
>> On 2020-03-07 05:59 PM, Michael wrote:
>> >    H        I                  J                   K
>> > miles shoots vrtuanc mileage fed mileage
>> > 1             1           -7.25             -0.18125
>> > virtuance mileage equation =H3/I3-15*0.55
>> > fed mileage equation=J3*0.025
>> >
>> > On Sat, Mar 7, 2020 at 7:52 PM Michael <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> here is what I'm doing:
>> >> miles shoots vrtuanc mileage fed mileage
>> >> 1             1           -7.25             -0.18125
>> >> virtuance mileage equation =H3/I3-15*0.55
>> >> fed mileage equation=J3*0.025
>> >>
>> >> On Sat, Mar 7, 2020 at 7:46 PM Michael <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> oops... the info is still needed. Sorry about that!
>> >>>
>> >>> On Sat, Mar 7, 2020 at 7:30 PM Michael <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>> never mind. I didn't find out how to do it but the info is no longer necessary
>> >>>>
>> >>>> On Sat, Mar 7, 2020 at 6:59 PM Michael <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> how do wwe get it to not give a negative value
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