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How can I add numbers but ignore the minus signs?

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Invalid - 07 Jun 2007 05:19 GMT
How can I add numbers but ignore the minus signs? In the following, the
answer I'm after is 17

A1 -10
A2 5
A3 -2
Gord Dibben - 07 Jun 2007 05:35 GMT
=SUMPRODUCT(ABS(A1:A3))

Gord Dibben  MS Excel MVP

>How can I add numbers but ignore the minus signs? In the following, the
>answer I'm after is 17
>
>A1 -10
>A2 5
>A3 -2
Invalid - 07 Jun 2007 05:45 GMT
Thank you Gord.

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> =SUMPRODUCT(ABS(A1:A3))
>
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>>A2 5
>>A3 -2
 
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