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what does "" signify in an Excel formula
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what does "" signify in an Excel formula
It literally means nothing
=IF(A1=""," It's empty","data found") So the above formula looks if A1="" i.e. nothing and if that true returns 'It's empty". Mike "clueless" wrote: Can anyone help? |
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what does "" signify in an Excel formula
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... Can anyone help? It means: text string of zero-length. In the formulae it is typically used to emulate empty cells (although it is not quite the same) , e.g. =IF(A10,A1,""), or to convert a value to text, e.g. =A1&"" -- KL [MVP - Microsoft Excel] RU: http://www.mvps.ru/Program/Default.aspx ES: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/?LN=es-es EN: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/?LN=en-us Profile: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Kirill |
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what does "" signify in an Excel formula
Hi Mike,
"Mike H" wrote in message ... It literally means nothing =IF(A1=""," It's empty","data found") So the above formula looks if A1="" i.e. nothing and if that true returns 'It's empty". This isn't quite correct. In actual fact "" doesn't mean Empty at all, it just looks like empty. A cell is only empty if it literally contains nothing - neither constants nor formulae. Regards -- KL [MVP - Microsoft Excel] RU: http://www.mvps.ru/Program/Default.aspx ES: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/?LN=es-es EN: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/?LN=en-us Profile: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Kirill |
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