Simon:

Perhaps something like this:

A21: =IF(COUNT(A1:A20)=0,"",SUM(A1:A20))

If there are NO numbers in A1:A20, the formula returns "" (effectively,
a blank). Otherwise, it returns the total.

Does that help?

Regards,
Ron


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