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Default How to auto count data in an empty cell to be 0. Blank cell=0

even better (not an array formula):

=MAX(A1:D1)+IF(COUNT(A1:D1)<2,0,LARGE(A1:D1,2))



Gord Dibben wrote:

Dave

I tried this but if three of the cells are blank I get the #NUM! error.

I don't believe Excel is treating the blanks as 0 in this case.

Gord

On Wed, 13 Dec 2006 11:28:18 -0600, Dave Peterson
wrote:

Excel treats empty cells as 0.

So maybe you could use:
=SUM(LARGE(A1:D1,{1,2}))




Jagneel wrote:

I would like empty cell to automatically set value 0.
For example. sum of largest two values in a row with
2, empty, empty, empty
I want the answer to be just 2 as it would if the data was
2,0,0,0


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