Improving Excel Stability
 

I have sets of data in both Columns A & B. Column C is Column B divided by
Column A. ie... C1=B1/A1. In some cases the data in Column A are equal to
zero. What formula do I use to have C=B/A except when the answer would result
in " #DIV/0! " in which case I would like the cells to be clean as in " ". I
assume this makes the worksheet more stable, correct?

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Ken

Improving Excel Stability
 

=IF(A1=0," ",B1/A1)
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Gary''s Student - gsnu200752


"Ken" wrote:

I have sets of data in both Columns A & B. Column C is Column B divided by
Column A. ie... C1=B1/A1. In some cases the data in Column A are equal to
zero. What formula do I use to have C=B/A except when the answer would result
in " #DIV/0! " in which case I would like the cells to be clean as in " ". I
assume this makes the worksheet more stable, correct?

--
Ken

Improving Excel Stability
 

=IF(A1=0," ",B1/A1)

You may prefer to use "" rather than " ".
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David Biddulph

"Ken" wrote in message
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I have sets of data in both Columns A & B. Column C is Column B divided by
Column A. ie... C1=B1/A1. In some cases the data in Column A are equal to
zero. What formula do I use to have C=B/A except when the answer would
result
in " #DIV/0! " in which case I would like the cells to be clean as in " ".
I
assume this makes the worksheet more stable, correct?

--
Ken

Improving Excel Stability
 

Ken

=IF(A1=0,"",B1/A1)

Note the double quotes with no space between.

You don't want a space, just a blank-looking cell.

The space would most likely give you problems in downstream calculations or when
sorting, filtering and other functions.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP



On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 12:46:01 -0700, Ken wrote:

I have sets of data in both Columns A & B. Column C is Column B divided by
Column A. ie... C1=B1/A1. In some cases the data in Column A are equal to
zero. What formula do I use to have C=B/A except when the answer would result
in " #DIV/0! " in which case I would like the cells to be clean as in " ". I
assume this makes the worksheet more stable, correct?