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Default How do I hide the #DIV0! statement in a cell?

There are (at least) three ways to do this.

If you want to hide *all* errors, not just #DIV/0, use the following
formula:
=IF(ISERROR(A1),"",A1)
This will display the content of A1 unless A1 is an error, in which
case it returns an empty cell.

If you are working in Excel 2007 or later and the workbook will not be
used in Excel 2003 and earlier versions, you can use the new IFERROR
function:
=IFERROR(A1,"")
This will work only in Excel 2007 and later. It accomplishes the same
thing as the formula above. If A1 is any error, an empty cell is
displayed. If A1 is not an error, its contents are displayed.

If you want to hide *only* #DIV/0 error, and display all other errors
(e.g., #NAME?), use the following formula.
=IF(ISERROR(A1),IF(ERROR.TYPE(A1)=2,"",A1),A1)
This formula hides *only* #DIV/0! errors. Any other error (e.g.,
#NAME?) is displayed. If A1 is not an error, its content is displayed.
As an aside, I think the ERROR.TYPE function is poorly designed. The
parameter passed to it must be an error. If you pass a non-error
value, ERROR.TYPE itself returns a #N/A error. It should have been
designed such that a non-error parameter would return 0, not #N/A.
Just my opinion.

Of course, in all the formulas above, change the reference to A1 to
the appropriate cell.


Cordially,
Chip Pearson
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Excel Product Group
Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
www.cpearson.com
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On Sat, 25 Jul 2009 06:59:01 -0700, JSN
wrote:

Trying to make a spreadsheet more presentable by removing the #DIV0!
statements which result in formulas with 0 or no values.