What does "," mean in a formula?
This is the formula put together and I was wondering if anyone knew what the
comma in between the quotations meant. Could you explain what the formula means? Thanks a bunch. =IF(D16="","",D16) |
If D16 is nothing (empty), then return nothing, otherwise return the value in
D16. HTH Jason Atlanta, GA "Excel Question" wrote: This is the formula put together and I was wondering if anyone knew what the comma in between the quotations meant. Could you explain what the formula means? Thanks a bunch. =IF(D16="","",D16) |
Hi!
The comma is simply an argument separator. The function is IF. The IF function uses 3 arguments and the arguments are separated by commas. =IF Argument 1 is D16="". Meaning D16 = blank The first argument in an IF function is a logical test. That is, is this condition TRUE or FALSE. Argument 2 is "". Meaning blank. The second argument in the IF function is the value to return if the logical test is TRUE. Argument 3 is D16. Meaning the value in D16. The third argument in the IF function is the value to return if the logical test is FALSE. Put it all together: IF D16 = blank, return blank, return D16 Biff "Excel Question" wrote in message ... This is the formula put together and I was wondering if anyone knew what the comma in between the quotations meant. Could you explain what the formula means? Thanks a bunch. =IF(D16="","",D16) |
In that case, why not jsut make the cell =D16?
Jason Morin wrote: If D16 is nothing (empty), then return nothing, otherwise return the value in D16. |
If D16 is empty, then the formula =d16 will return a 0.
JoOwl0 wrote: In that case, why not jsut make the cell =D16? Jason Morin wrote: If D16 is nothing (empty), then return nothing, otherwise return the value in D16. -- Dave Peterson |
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