I have the following formula "=IF(M14$G14,+$G14-$E14,0)".
Yet when I put "actual" or some text in m14, I receive the TRUE arguement
(+$G14-$E14) and gives me a value...I was hoping for #VALUE instead. Any
ideas when the arugement is recognizes the text as a numeric value.

If I insert the word "actual" in for M14 in the formula it will err, ie
"=IF(actual$G14,+$G14-$E14,0) .. any ideas?

Text is always greater than numericals according to Excel, you can fix that
by using this instead

=IF(AND(ISNUMBER(M14),M14$G14),$G14-$E14,0)


note that there is no need of the plus sign in front of G14 in your formula


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Regards,


Peo Sjoblom



"Jbaisinger2000" wrote in message
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I have the following formula "=IF(M14$G14,+$G14-$E14,0)".
Yet when I put "actual" or some text in m14, I receive the TRUE arguement
(+$G14-$E14) and gives me a value...I was hoping for #VALUE instead. Any
ideas when the arugement is recognizes the text as a numeric value.

If I insert the word "actual" in for M14 in the formula it will err, ie
"=IF(actual$G14,+$G14-$E14,0) .. any ideas?

One way:

=IF(ISNUMBER(M14),IF(M14$G14,$G14-$E14,0),"#VALUE!")

or, if you want an actual #VALUE! error:

=IF(ISNUMBER(M14),IF(M14$G14,$G14-$E14,0),1+"A")



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Jbaisinger2000 wrote:

I have the following formula "=IF(M14$G14,+$G14-$E14,0)".
Yet when I put "actual" or some text in m14, I receive the TRUE arguement
(+$G14-$E14) and gives me a value...I was hoping for #VALUE instead. Any
ideas when the arugement is recognizes the text as a numeric value.