Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Search this Thread Display Modes
  #1   Report Post  
Posted to microsoft.public.excel.misc
Nat Nat is offline
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 47
Default return empty string value if cell is blank

I think I understand how to do this but need help with the exact formula. If
I want to do a date function that adds 6 months to a cell value I have added
teh forumula
=DATE(YEAR(E13),MONTH(E13)+6,DAY(E13)), however some of the cells have no
values in the E column yet, so they bring back erroneous information. Can't
I use some sort of an If("", ) statement to only bring back values for cells
which are not empty??

Thanks in advance,
  #2   Report Post  
Posted to microsoft.public.excel.misc
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 1,316
Default return empty string value if cell is blank

The following formula will do the trick:

=IF(ISBLANK(E13),"",DATE(YEAR(E13),MONTH(E13)+6,DA Y(E13)))

Hope this helps.
--
Kevin Backmann


"Nat" wrote:

I think I understand how to do this but need help with the exact formula. If
I want to do a date function that adds 6 months to a cell value I have added
teh forumula
=DATE(YEAR(E13),MONTH(E13)+6,DAY(E13)), however some of the cells have no
values in the E column yet, so they bring back erroneous information. Can't
I use some sort of an If("", ) statement to only bring back values for cells
which are not empty??

Thanks in advance,

  #3   Report Post  
Posted to microsoft.public.excel.misc
Nat Nat is offline
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 47
Default return empty string value if cell is blank

That is perfect .. thanks a bunch.

"Kevin B" wrote:

The following formula will do the trick:

=IF(ISBLANK(E13),"",DATE(YEAR(E13),MONTH(E13)+6,DA Y(E13)))

Hope this helps.
--
Kevin Backmann


"Nat" wrote:

I think I understand how to do this but need help with the exact formula. If
I want to do a date function that adds 6 months to a cell value I have added
teh forumula
=DATE(YEAR(E13),MONTH(E13)+6,DAY(E13)), however some of the cells have no
values in the E column yet, so they bring back erroneous information. Can't
I use some sort of an If("", ) statement to only bring back values for cells
which are not empty??

Thanks in advance,

Reply
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes

Posting Rules

Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
if zero, then return blank/empty cls Excel Worksheet Functions 8 February 4th 08 05:27 AM
return an empty string in VBA Dave F[_2_] Excel Discussion (Misc queries) 13 August 7th 07 05:59 PM
Return an empty or blank cell value? Troymello Excel Worksheet Functions 0 March 3rd 06 06:19 PM
Return an empty cell Mike D. Excel Discussion (Misc queries) 2 January 3rd 06 07:27 PM
Copy a string text to cell if another cell not empty Pasmatos Excel Discussion (Misc queries) 0 November 25th 05 04:54 PM


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 04:32 PM.

Powered by vBulletin® Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright ©2004-2024 ExcelBanter.
The comments are property of their posters.
 

About Us

"It's about Microsoft Excel"