the formula is
=IF(OR(A1="company1",A1="company2"),B1+3,IF(OR(A1= "company3",A1="company4"),B1+5,B1+30))

the B column of my spreadsheet contains dates. the problem is, if there is
no date in the B column, this formula returns 1/5/1900. what could i add at
the end of this formula so that it leaves the cell blank if there is no date
in column B. thanks in advance.

IF(ISBLANK(B1),"",[then your formula])

Dave
--
Brevity is the soul of wit.


"Outbacker" wrote:

the formula is
=IF(OR(A1="company1",A1="company2"),B1+3,IF(OR(A1= "company3",A1="company4"),B1+5,B1+30))

the B column of my spreadsheet contains dates. the problem is, if there is
no date in the B column, this formula returns 1/5/1900. what could i add at
the end of this formula so that it leaves the cell blank if there is no date
in column B. thanks in advance.

Try:

=IF(OR(A1="company1",A1="company2"),B1+3,IF(OR(A1= "company3",A1="company4"),B1+5,IF(B1="","",B1+30)) )

All this does is test a1, if these fail then looks at b1, if there is no
vlaue then it is blank too, otherwise it adds the 30 onto it.

Hope it works.



"Outbacker" wrote:

the formula is
=IF(OR(A1="company1",A1="company2"),B1+3,IF(OR(A1= "company3",A1="company4"),B1+5,B1+30))

the B column of my spreadsheet contains dates. the problem is, if there is
no date in the B column, this formula returns 1/5/1900. what could i add at
the end of this formula so that it leaves the cell blank if there is no date
in column B. thanks in advance.

Hi Dav-
Your original formula this morning worked great. On this one, you referenced
A1. That is the company name column that the earlier formula addressed. The
issue is that the B column (date that the 3,5 and 30 is added to) sometimes
is blank. If so, the formula returns 1/5/1900. If theres no date in the B
column, I was hoping for the formula to leave the results column blank.
Thats the column thats showing the B1+3,5 and 30 results from your formula.
Is there a way to add this final criteria to your original formula? Thanks
again.

"Outbacker" wrote:

the formula is
=IF(OR(A1="company1",A1="company2"),B1+3,IF(OR(A1= "company3",A1="company4"),B1+5,B1+30))

the B column of my spreadsheet contains dates. the problem is, if there is
no date in the B column, this formula returns 1/5/1900. what could i add at
the end of this formula so that it leaves the cell blank if there is no date
in column B. thanks in advance.