I have two questions:

1. I am also trying to add contents of different cells like A1, B1, C1,
D1....and my target cell is G1.

If all the cells from A1 to F1 are blank then the result I get in G1 is '0'.
How can I get a blank instead of a '0'.

2. Also, if one of the cells (say B1) has a special character like "*"
(denoting no data available) then the result I get in the target cell G1 is
"#VALUE!". How can I make the target cell (G1) blank while still having the
formula.

Please help.
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