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I'm making a like for data validation that contains formulas. I'd like the
list to be of variable length. In data validation I can check Ignore blank,
but how do I ignore formulas resulting in "" (Or what should my formulas
result in, in order to be ignored.)

I don't want to be able to choose an "unavailable" option as this is the
whole point of including the data validation.

Thanks in advance for your suggestions.

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Instead of including blank cells, you could use a dynamic range as the
list source. There are instructions he

http://www.contextures.com/xlNames01.html

Wes wrote:
I'm making a like for data validation that contains formulas. I'd like the
list to be of variable length. In data validation I can check Ignore blank,
but how do I ignore formulas resulting in "" (Or what should my formulas
result in, in order to be ignored.)

I don't want to be able to choose an "unavailable" option as this is the
whole point of including the data validation.


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