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How can I get an error term, such as #DIV/0!, to display as just a zero? Thanks
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One way:
Instead of =A1/B1 use =IF(B1=0,0,A1/B1) In article , Michael Gudyka wrote: How can I get an error term, such as #DIV/0!, to display as just a zero? Thanks |
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=if(iserror(yourformula),0,yourformula)
Michael Gudyka wrote: How can I get an error term, such as #DIV/0!, to display as just a zero? Thanks -- Michael Gudyka St. Charles, IL -- Dave Peterson |
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I really discourage using iserror - it ignores too many "unexpected"
errors (displaying a valid, but incorrect value - hmmm...where have we heard about *that* lately??). And since it calls fewer functions, this is actually more efficient: =IF(yourdenominator=0, 0, yourformula) In article , Dave Peterson wrote: =if(iserror(yourformula),0,yourformula) Michael Gudyka wrote: How can I get an error term, such as #DIV/0!, to display as just a zero? Thanks -- Michael Gudyka St. Charles, IL |
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On the other hand, =iserror() does help if either the numerator or denominator
cells contain text. And personally, I think returning a 0 when the divisor is 0 is just another way to hide an error (expected or unexpected). == I wasn't trying to sound too argumentative. I understand your point. JE McGimpsey wrote: I really discourage using iserror - it ignores too many "unexpected" errors (displaying a valid, but incorrect value - hmmm...where have we heard about *that* lately??). And since it calls fewer functions, this is actually more efficient: =IF(yourdenominator=0, 0, yourformula) In article , Dave Peterson wrote: =if(iserror(yourformula),0,yourformula) Michael Gudyka wrote: How can I get an error term, such as #DIV/0!, to display as just a zero? Thanks -- Michael Gudyka St. Charles, IL -- Dave Peterson |
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And just to add, I've found that my co-workers were much more interested in the
"prettiness" of the worksheet than the accuracy. <gd&r Dave Peterson wrote: On the other hand, =iserror() does help if either the numerator or denominator cells contain text. And personally, I think returning a 0 when the divisor is 0 is just another way to hide an error (expected or unexpected). == I wasn't trying to sound too argumentative. I understand your point. JE McGimpsey wrote: I really discourage using iserror - it ignores too many "unexpected" errors (displaying a valid, but incorrect value - hmmm...where have we heard about *that* lately??). And since it calls fewer functions, this is actually more efficient: =IF(yourdenominator=0, 0, yourformula) In article , Dave Peterson wrote: =if(iserror(yourformula),0,yourformula) Michael Gudyka wrote: How can I get an error term, such as #DIV/0!, to display as just a zero? Thanks -- Michael Gudyka St. Charles, IL -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson |
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