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Trying to find a way to select the two cells either plus or minus. I made the "+" and "-" a drop-down menu.
The goal is to be able to switch the cells using the drop-down rather than manually adding or subtracting them.
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If you want to implement it exactly like that, you need VBA and depending on the exact circumstances in your file, it can be more or less complex.
A very simple way is to use the data as in your screenshot as input and get the results in the next columns.
In J5: =H5*IF(G5="-",-1,1)
In K5: =I5*IF(G5="-",-1,1)
Andreas.