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IF function contingent upon cell not being blank
I an trying to use an IF function in a cell (lets say U83) but I do not want
to use the function if cell R83 is blank. As a matter of fact I want to return a value of "N/A" in cell U83 if R83 is blank. This is The IF function I used: =IF(R83=" ","N/A",IF(S83R83,"N","1")) Problem is that when R83 IS blank, the answer being returned in cell U83 is "N" which comes from the second IF function. I want the first part of the IF function to take precedent. What am I doing wrong? Thanks...TommyB -- TommyB |
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IF function contingent upon cell not being blank
You have a space between the first two quotes - this is not the same
as an empty cell. Change your formula to this: =IF(R83="","N/A",IF(S83R83,"N","1")) In the case where you return "1", this will be a text value. If you want it to be a proper number, then you do not need the quotes around the 1. Hope this helps. Pete On Jun 27, 12:44*am, TommyB wrote: I an trying to use an IF function in a cell (lets say U83) but I do not want to use the function if cell R83 is blank. As a matter of fact I want to return a value of "N/A" in cell U83 if R83 is blank. This is The IF function I used: =IF(R83=" ","N/A",IF(S83R83,"N","1")) Problem is that when R83 IS blank, the answer being returned in cell U83 is "N" which comes from the second IF function. I want the first part of the IF function to take precedent. What am I doing wrong? Thanks...TommyB -- TommyB |
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IF function contingent upon cell not being blank
Thanks Pete... my eyes were getting a bit crossed by then. It works fine now.
-- TommyB "Pete_UK" wrote: You have a space between the first two quotes - this is not the same as an empty cell. Change your formula to this: =IF(R83="","N/A",IF(S83R83,"N","1")) In the case where you return "1", this will be a text value. If you want it to be a proper number, then you do not need the quotes around the 1. Hope this helps. Pete On Jun 27, 12:44 am, TommyB wrote: I an trying to use an IF function in a cell (lets say U83) but I do not want to use the function if cell R83 is blank. As a matter of fact I want to return a value of "N/A" in cell U83 if R83 is blank. This is The IF function I used: =IF(R83=" ","N/A",IF(S83R83,"N","1")) Problem is that when R83 IS blank, the answer being returned in cell U83 is "N" which comes from the second IF function. I want the first part of the IF function to take precedent. What am I doing wrong? Thanks...TommyB -- TommyB |
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