Well if the formula is in A1 then it is bound to overwrite what was in A1
before, as you can't have both !!

You would need a macro to do what you are trying to achieve.

Pete
"richzip" wrote in message
...
that works to retain the "blank" if A1 is blank, but it also overwrites
any
value already in A1.

"Kevin B" wrote:

Try the following formual:

=IF(B1="XX",B1,"")

--
Kevin Backmann


"richzip" wrote:

I want to set up a formula to do the following. The formula is placed
in
column A:
Look in column B for a specific text string. If that value is in
column B,
copy it to column A
If the value is not found in B, leave A alone (either blank, or the
existing
value of A)

I've tried the followign:
=IF(B1="XX",B1,A1)

however, if I do this and the value is NOT found in column B, the
resulting
value is 0.

Any suggestions?