I thought I was done but some other problem came up. What I'm doing is
adding up cells to get a value x then adding another set of cells to
get value y. I want to do this calculation x/y but getting the error
because x is zero therefore won't compute.

=(January!F47+February!F47+March!F47+April!F47+May !F82+June!F102+July!F67+August!F72+September!F62+O ctober!F47+November!F42+December!F42)/(January!G47+February!G47+March!G47+April!G47+May! G82+June!G102+July!G67+August!G72+September!G62+Oc tober!G47+November!G42+December!G42)

This is what I have. I'm trying to figure out what I need to add to
this equation to make that happen. I think I need do an IF statement
stating if the value is 0 then calculate, if it doesn't then put a
blank. This is important because lets say JanF47 is 1 but FebF47 is 0,
the computation is not allowed. Also, on the bottom side of the
division...if JanG47 is 1 but FebG47 is zero...doesn't like the
calculation. I want the calculation to ignore the zeros.

Hope you understand what I'm asking. I'm going to try several things
to see if it will work. Thanks again for your help.

Jason


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One way:

=IF((January!G47+February!G47+March!G47+April!G47+ May!G82+June!G102+July!
G67+August!G72+September!G62+October!G47+November! G42+December!G42)=0,"",
(January!F47+February!F47+March!F47+April!F47+May! F82+June!F102+July!F67+
August!F72+September!F62+October!F47+November!F42+ December!F42)/(January!
G47+February!G47+March!G47+April!G47+May!G82+June! G102+July!G67+August!G7
2+September!G62+October!G47+November!G42+December! G42))


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drvortex
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I thought I was done but some other problem came up. What I'm doing is
adding up cells to get a value x then adding another set of cells to
get value y. I want to do this calculation x/y but getting the error
because x is zero therefore won't compute.

=(January!F47+February!F47+March!F47+April!F47+May !F82+June!F102+July!F67+Augu
st!F72+September!F62+October!F47+November!F42+Dece mber!F42)/(January!G47+Febru
ary!G47+March!G47+April!G47+May!G82+June!G102+July !G67+August!G72+September!G6
2+October!G47+November!G42+December!G42)

This is what I have. I'm trying to figure out what I need to add to
this equation to make that happen. I think I need do an IF statement
stating if the value is 0 then calculate, if it doesn't then put a
blank. This is important because lets say JanF47 is 1 but FebF47 is 0,
the computation is not allowed. Also, on the bottom side of the
division...if JanG47 is 1 but FebG47 is zero...doesn't like the
calculation. I want the calculation to ignore the zeros.

Hope you understand what I'm asking. I'm going to try several things
to see if it will work. Thanks again for your help.

Jason

didnt work. I believe the problem is within the equation, i have cells
being empty or stating FALSE...therefore, when you add up all the cells
and one (or a few) are empty or show FALSE...it will not compute
properly. I'm trying to understand this but not working. I may have
to send the spreadsheet to someone. Its hard to explain.


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Using SUM() rather than the addition operator (+) will ignore text and
booleans.

In article ,
drvortex
wrote:

didnt work. I believe the problem is within the equation, i have cells
being empty or stating FALSE...therefore, when you add up all the cells
and one (or a few) are empty or show FALSE...it will not compute
properly. I'm trying to understand this but not working. I may have
to send the spreadsheet to someone. Its hard to explain.

I fixed it. I didn't change the above formula but went into the other
cells and adjusted the formula. I had "" (double quotes) in the FALSE
argument instead of just putting 0 (number zero). This then adds a
zero instead of a BLANK which equals to a space but Excel doesn't
represent that as a value but as a string. Anyway, all works now.


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