i need to get in cell 1 with IF formula a result that make it apear empty,
and use this cell 1 for a SUM formula in cell 2 and a count formula in cell
3. can i use something else than "" to make cell 1 appear empty ?

"Jacob Skaria" wrote:

If you are looking to deal with errors..then

=IF(ISError(your formula),"",your formula)

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Jacob Skaria


"Jeremy BZH" wrote:


i need to use this cell with the formula result ("") for another calculation
with SUM(), but this result is #VALUE!,at the same time time, i use it for a
Count() formula and it works (it doesnt count it).
can i use something else than "" that will work both with SUM and COUNT ?


"JoeU2004" wrote:

"Jeremy BZH" <Jeremy wrote:
i need to obtain an empty cell as a result of a "IF" formula, i usually
use
=if(logical test;"";value_if_false)
but i cannot use this result in a SUM formula

Perhaps you want:

=if(condition, "", SUM(range))

Note that this does not result in an "empty cell" per se. In particular, if
that formula is in A1 and it results in "", ISBLANK(A1) will be false(!).

A formula can only result in the null string, which makes the cell
__appear__ empty or blank. You can detect truly empy (no formula or
constant) or null string by testing A1="".