balance sheet problem
There is something strange going on in your Excel application. The only time
you should get #VALUE in a calculated cell is if any of the cells you include
in the formula contains a STRING (which could be something 'invisible', i.e.
either " " or ') as opposed being an EMPTY CELL (i.e. nothing in it). You
might want to take a closer look at what's actually in your cells when they
LOOK empty before you spend too much time looking for work-arounds.
Good luck,
Rolf
"Nospam" wrote:
Hi,
I am trying to set up a spreadsheet to show my bank account balance
I want the 3 number columns to be
credit (D column) debit (E column) balance (F column)
now I have it working but...
if I
don't have a value in a debit column it displays #value in the balance
column.
So
I amend the cell formula as follows
=IF(E5="","",F4-E5+D5)
(IF debit column is empty THEN display blank ELSE display calculation
result)
but this only checks one column, the debit column
if I have a value in the credit column but leave the debit column empty
I get the #value error message.
I have put a zero in the debit column as a work-around but I would like
to fix it more elegantly
I tried using the OR function but that didn't work as one of the columns
always has a value
any help would be appreciated.
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Nospam
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