=IF(OR(C20,D20,E20,F20,G20,K20,L20,O20),"o k","Error")

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Bob Phillips

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"Sassie" wrote in message
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I am trying to set up a formula which will validate if cells (non
consecutive
cells) contain a value or not (value could be figures/ dates or text). If
any
of the 9 cells do not contain a value then I want a value of "error" to
appear. If they all contain a value then I want a value of "OK" to be
displayed. This is what I have got from the knowledge base but I cannot
get
this to work and I know I might have difficulty with the 9 statements as I
understand the maximum is 7. This is the formula I have been using:


=IF(C20,"ok","Error",IF(D20,"ok","Error",IF(E20 ,"ok","Error",IF(F20,"ok"
,"Error",IF(G20,"ok","Error",IF(K20,"ok","Error" ,IF(L20,"ok","Error",IF(O
20,"ok","Error"))))))))

It works OK when the values returned after each statement are difference
but
because I want an overall value of OK or Error (and each cell needs to be
validated on this basis) I think I am confusing it.

Can anyone help?

Thanks