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"MidlandC" wrote:

I'd like a simple equation. With a complication. The Equation is simply
"=A1". The complication is that if A1 is blank, I want a blank cell, not
zero ("0"). You can test for a blank cell with ISBLANK, but if you say
"If(isblank(A1),"",A1), you don't get a blank cell, you get a cell containing
no visible characters.

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Charles