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Excel - NumberFormat for negative numbers

  • July 17, 2013
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the numberformat = "@" only gives positive numbers. how can i represent a negative number in a cell?

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Jim Gramer
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  • July 17, 2013

the numberformat = "@" only gives positive numbers. how can i represent a negative number in a cell?

I always use @NumberFormat = "#,##0.00;[Red](#,##0.00)"

Below is an excerpt from Microsoft's documentation on the number format property.