IF function + NBCAR
 

I would like to have a formula that only applies to a cell if another has been filled beforehand.


So cells in the column G might contain a text.

Colum N has to show the number of characters that column G contains (=LEN) but I don't want column N to contain the number 0 if column G has no text. I would rather have column N blank.

The first row 1 does not contain data, it's the titles. And all the following rows are the data. So I had =LEN(G2) for every N cell row with their corresponding G cell number.

Also, I work with the French version of Excel and so I can find the equivalents for the terms but I don't if the punctuation changes across languages... does it?

Can I ask questions about macros in here or not really?

Thank you! :)

Andréa

IF function + NBCAR
 

Hi Andrea,

Am Wed, 28 Aug 2019 19:46:12 +0100 schrieb Andrea P:

I would like to have a formula that only applies to a cell if another
has been filled beforehand.

So cells in the column G might contain a text.

Colum N has to show the number of characters that column G contains
(=LEN) but I don't want column N to contain the number 0 if column G has
no text. I would rather have column N blank.

So for example:

/// A..B..C...G......................................N
1.....................asdaljda.................... ...8
2....................-.........................................
3....................sdjf......................... .........4

try:
=SI(NBCAR(G1)0;NBCAR(G1);"")

You can post questions about VBA in
microsoft.public.excel.programming


Regards
Claus B.
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Hello!

Thank you so much for your fast answer.

I got an error message saying the formula is incoherent. It proposed me to add an asterisk (*) as follows:

=SI(NBCAR(G70)*0;NBCAR(G70);"")


But it still does not work. I want N to show the number of characters that G contains (if it contains any).

Thank you!

IF function + NBCAR
 

Hi Andrea,

Am Thu, 29 Aug 2019 15:31:48 +0100 schrieb Andrea P:

I got an error message saying the formula is incoherent. It proposed me
to add an asterisk (*) as follows:

=SI(NBCAR(G70)*0;NBCAR(G70);"")

my posted formula should work. I guess the issue is caused by the
separators. I don't know what separators are used in a french system.
Try my formula and change the semicolon to comma.

You could use only
=NBCAR(G70)
and deactivate "In cells with zero values show 0" in the options.

Regards
Claus B.
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Windows10
Office 2016

IF function + NBCAR
 

Claus Busch wrote:

Hi Andrea,

Am Thu, 29 Aug 2019 15:31:48 +0100 schrieb Andrea P:

I got an error message saying the formula is incoherent. It proposed me
to add an asterisk (*) as follows:

=SI(NBCAR(G70)*0;NBCAR(G70);"")

my posted formula should work. I guess the issue is caused by the
separators. I don't know what separators are used in a french system.
Try my formula and change the semicolon to comma.

You could use only
=NBCAR(G70)
and deactivate "In cells with zero values show 0" in the options.


Since SI = IF there has to be a « reason if » so I would write:
=SI(NBCAR(G70)=0;NBCAR(G70);"")
^^^

It's in fact (IF;THEN;ELSE)


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How do you do deactivate "In cells with zero values show 0" in the options? I can't find it...

Thank you!

IF function + NBCAR
 

Hi Andrea,

Am Thu, 29 Aug 2019 17:49:51 +0100 schrieb Andrea P:

How do you do deactivate "In cells with zero values show 0" in the
options? I can't find it...

Options = Advanced = Display options for this worksheet


Regards
Claus B.
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Windows10
Office 2016

Unfortunately, I need those cells to be blank because I'm making an macro that updates the sheet. When I press Ctrl+A, it usually only selects the actual used range. But with the option to not show the zeros, the cells are still filled so I have a very big range selected which slows the macro down.

Help!

Hi Benoit,

For some reason, it also doesn't work... I have a message saying that the formula is incoherent.

The N cell is indeed blank but it doesn't show any number when the G column does have characters in it.

Help!

IF function + NBCAR
 

Hi Andrea,

Am Fri, 30 Aug 2019 20:26:59 +0100 schrieb Andrea P:

Unfortunately, I need those cells to be blank because I'm making an
macro that updates the sheet. When I press Ctrl+A, it usually only
selects the actual used range. But with the option to not show the
zeros, the cells are still filled so I have a very big range selected
which slows the macro down.

download the file from he
https://1drv.ms/x/s!AqMiGBK2qniTgeV9...sVDLg?e=QJRpUh
When you open it on your system, the formulas should be translated to
French.


Regards
Claus B.
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Windows10
Office 2016