Instructions for separating negative and positive numbers in Microsoft Excel

For accountants, Microsoft Excel is an indispensable piece of software on their computers, which is used to perform calculations , bookkeeping and financial statements more quickly.

One job that accountants often have to deal with is separating positive and negative numbers in Excel , if not doing this carefully can lead to a lot of damage to the company. Because of this, please refer to the instructions for separating positive and negative numbers in Excel accurately and easily.

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Note: In this article we use the If function to be able to classify negative and positive numbers.

1. How to split positive numbers in Excel

Step 1: Open the data file you want to process.

Step 2: Click a blank cell in a positive column .

Step 3: Enter the following formula: = IF (numbers to split> = 0, numbers to split, "") .

Attention: 

• The number to split is the number or cell you want to split.
• "" : is the return value in the cell where you type the formula.

Step 3: Press Enter .

Step 4: In this cell, drag down to repeat the formula with the remaining cells.

Results after implementation:

2. How to separate negative numbers in Excel.

Step 1: Open the data to be calculated.

Step 2: Click any empty cell in the negative number column .

Step 3: Type the formula: = IF (number to be split <0, the number to split, "") .

Step 4: Press Enter .

Step 5: With the remaining cells you just need to drag the cursor down below , this time the formula will be automatically copied.

Here are the results: 

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