Hi,

You can also filter the data range and then go to the filter drop down. Now
uncheck the box for "Blanks". Since the blank will not be visible in the
range, it will not be plotted.

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Regards,

Ashish Mathur
Microsoft Excel MVP
www.ashishmathur.com

"GJS001" wrote in message
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Hi,

I am trying to plot data in a chart, and to not want the "blank" cells to
be
visible. In the chart options, I have selected "Show empty cells as
gaps".
However, setting the result of an if statement to "" which creates a blank
cell does not do it, as the cell is not truly empty (it contains a formula
whose result is a blank). Even copying the cell to another location using
paste special, and pasting only "values", with or without "skip Blanks"
does
not do it.

In all these cases, Excel insists on plotting the results as zeroes. If I
manually go i and delete the contents of the supposedly empty cells, then
the
gaps I am looking for show up in my chart. Unfortunately, I have
thousands
of data points, and hundreds are empty - doing this manually would be a
chore.

Am I overlooking something?