How to change negative number to zero in Excel?
Says you import some data to Microsoft Excel with many negative numbers, you have to remove all negative numbers and replace them with zero. Of course, you can manually deal with it one by one if you are patient enough. Most of us may think of tricky ways. Actually there are some easy tips to change negative number to zero conveniently in Excel.
Change negative number to zero with IF function
Change negative number to zero with custom Format Cell
Change negative number to zero with Select Specific Cells of Kutools for Excel
Change negative number to zero with Change Sign of Values of Kutools for Excel
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An example may be easier to understand: there are some negative numbers in a range of cells, and I will guide you to change all negative numbers to zeros at once in the selection.
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Change negative number to zero with IF function
The Microsoft Excel's IF function can recognize negative numbers and change them to zero without affect positive numbers.
Step1: In a blank cell, says the Cell E1, input the formula =IF(A1<0,0,a1), see screenshot:
Step2:Then press Enter key, and drag the fill handle across to the range that you want to contain this formula. And all negative numbers have been changed to zeros. See screenshots:
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Step3: As they are formulas, when you copy them to other cells, please paste as values.
Note: This way will fill the blank cells with zero, too.
Change negative number to zero with custom Format Cell
Actually, we can format a selection and show all negative numbers as zeros. You can do it with following steps:
Step1: Select the range that you will work with.
Step2: Right click the selection, and select the Format Cells item from the context menu.
Step3: In the Format Cells dialog box:
- Click Number tab;
- Select the Custom in the category box;
- In theType: box, enter the #,##0;"0" , see the following screenshot:
Step4: Click OK button. Then all negative numbers in the selection display as zeros.
Note: This way only shows the negative numbers as zero, but not change the value of negative numbers.
Change negative number to zero with Kutools for Excel
Do you want to not only show negative numbers as zero, but change negative numbers as real zeros in selection? You can try Kutools for Excel's Select Specific Cells tool.
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Step1: Select the range that you will work with.
Step2: Click the Kutools > Select Tools > Select Specific Cells….
Step3: In the Select Specific Cells dialog box, check the Cell option, and choose Less than from Specific type, then enter the number 0. See the following screenshot:
Step 4: Then click OK or Apply, now all negative numbers in the selection are selected. And then input 0, then hold down the Ctrl and press Enter key. It replaces all negative numbers with zeros in the selection immediately.
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Click to know more about this Select Specific Cells tool.
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Change negative number to zero with Change Sign of Values of Kutools for Excel
There is another feature of Kutools for Excel, called Change sign of values, with it, you can change the negative numbers to zeros with several clicks.
Step1: click Kutools > Content Converter > Change Sign of Values, see screenshot:
Step2: In the Change Sign of Values dialog box, select Change all negative value to zero option, see screenshot:
Step3: Then click OK or Apply, all the negative numbers have been changed to zeros.
Click to know more about this Change Sign of Values feature.
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