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how can i ignore an error in a formula
I have a formula in a cell(A) that reads the information from another cell(B)
using the Vlookup function. However, some of these B cells contain a formula with no results in them, resulting in A displaying the #VALUE! error. is there a way to ignore those cells that contain no values? I am also trying to add up all of the A cells but obviously get the #VALUE! as a result because of the previous errors. Anyway to count these VALUE cells as zero or circumvent in any way? thanks |
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how can i ignore an error in a formula
Try this:
=IF(ISERROR(your_formula),"",your_formula) If you are using SUM to add up the cells, then "" will be fine - if, instead, you are referring to specific cells like =A1 + A2 + A3, then you will need to change the "" in the middle to 0 (zero). Hope this helps. Pete hotelmasters wrote: I have a formula in a cell(A) that reads the information from another cell(B) using the Vlookup function. However, some of these B cells contain a formula with no results in them, resulting in A displaying the #VALUE! error. is there a way to ignore those cells that contain no values? I am also trying to add up all of the A cells but obviously get the #VALUE! as a result because of the previous errors. Anyway to count these VALUE cells as zero or circumvent in any way? thanks |
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how can i ignore an error in a formula
thanks for the help - what about the second part - can i ignore the value
error when adding them together with a formula of =sum('Q1:Q4'!D9)? "Pete_UK" wrote: Try this: =IF(ISERROR(your_formula),"",your_formula) If you are using SUM to add up the cells, then "" will be fine - if, instead, you are referring to specific cells like =A1 + A2 + A3, then you will need to change the "" in the middle to 0 (zero). Hope this helps. Pete hotelmasters wrote: I have a formula in a cell(A) that reads the information from another cell(B) using the Vlookup function. However, some of these B cells contain a formula with no results in them, resulting in A displaying the #VALUE! error. is there a way to ignore those cells that contain no values? I am also trying to add up all of the A cells but obviously get the #VALUE! as a result because of the previous errors. Anyway to count these VALUE cells as zero or circumvent in any way? thanks |
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how can i ignore an error in a formula
You shouldn't get the #VALUE error in any of the cells with your lookup
formula - you will get "" or 0 instead - so that means you should not get the error when you try to sum the cells. Hope this helps. Pete hotelmasters wrote: thanks for the help - what about the second part - can i ignore the value error when adding them together with a formula of =sum('Q1:Q4'!D9)? "Pete_UK" wrote: Try this: =IF(ISERROR(your_formula),"",your_formula) If you are using SUM to add up the cells, then "" will be fine - if, instead, you are referring to specific cells like =A1 + A2 + A3, then you will need to change the "" in the middle to 0 (zero). Hope this helps. Pete hotelmasters wrote: I have a formula in a cell(A) that reads the information from another cell(B) using the Vlookup function. However, some of these B cells contain a formula with no results in them, resulting in A displaying the #VALUE! error. is there a way to ignore those cells that contain no values? I am also trying to add up all of the A cells but obviously get the #VALUE! as a result because of the previous errors. Anyway to count these VALUE cells as zero or circumvent in any way? thanks |
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