Probably timewaster. It seems like anything with "blog" in the name is blocked. Seriously. For example, I can get to wfmu.org, but not blog.wfmu.org.
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Microsoft Access 2003: I need an expression that takes the difference between two numbers, but returns 0 if the difference is negative. In Excel, I'd use max(num1-num2,0), but I can't find an equivilent in Access. Does it exist, or do I need to do an IIF statement?
what am I thinking....
or do I need to do an IIF statement?
Yes.
The lack of a Max() or Min() function in VBA is annoying. (Not to beconfused with Max and Min in SQL.)
eta: OK, here's a worse way of doing it: ((b-a) + Abs(b-a))/2
OK, here's a worse way of doing it: ((b-a) + Abs(b-a))/2
Ha!
It is annoying though. All I needed was a way to make a number between 0 and 100% (i.e., no negative percents and nothing greater than 100%), and I had to use nested IIF statements. Ridiculous!
You could do:
IIF(b-a <0 Or b-a >100,0,b-a)
(Assuming the numbers have already been converted to %.)
eta: Oh wait, you pro'lly wanna convert >100 to 100, right? Then you gotta do the nested IIF.
Forget the b-a part. That was just an example. I'm actually taking a complicated quotient. But besides that, I think your logic is flawed. Your statement returns 0 if b-a is greater than 100. It should return 100.
t edit Yes, your edit is correct!
If you have to do this sort of calculation a lot, you could just write a function to handle it.
could someone post the link to the mobile version of google reader? the standard version keeps crashing my treo (java) and my flight's delayed an hour...
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