BHi All,
I am new to excel, so any help would be great :)
I want to automatically insert a set text string for instance, ABC into A1
only if there is a number inserted into cell B1 for instance 12345.
So if I insert 12345 into cell B1, A1 would then show ABC, if I insert 6789
into B2, A2 would then again return ABC.
However if there is no value in B1 or B2 then I need A1 and A2 to be blank
and not return N/A# etc

=IF(B1=12345,"ABC","")

put that formula in A1 and copy to A2

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HTH

Bob Phillips

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"Racingzeus" wrote in message
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BHi All,
I am new to excel, so any help would be great :)
I want to automatically insert a set text string for instance, ABC into
A1
only if there is a number inserted into cell B1 for instance 12345.
So if I insert 12345 into cell B1, A1 would then show ABC, if I insert
6789
into B2, A2 would then again return ABC.
However if there is no value in B1 or B2 then I need A1 and A2 to be blank
and not return N/A# etc

Hi Bob,
I have tried the formula and it only works if the number I input into B1 is
=12345 so I have modified it to =IF(B1=0,"ABC","") so that any number I
enterin B1 will return ABC in cell A1.
This formula works just as I want it except that when I copy this formula
into cells A2 through to A20 then these cells reveal ABC even though I have
not input any number in the cells B2 through B20. I need cells A2 through A20
to remain blank unless there is a number in the corresponding B cells.

Cheers for all your help
Dave
"Bob Phillips" wrote:

=IF(B1=12345,"ABC","")

put that formula in A1 and copy to A2

--

HTH

Bob Phillips

(remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct)

"Racingzeus" wrote in message
...
BHi All,
I am new to excel, so any help would be great :)
I want to automatically insert a set text string for instance, ABC into
A1
only if there is a number inserted into cell B1 for instance 12345.
So if I insert 12345 into cell B1, A1 would then show ABC, if I insert
6789
into B2, A2 would then again return ABC.
However if there is no value in B1 or B2 then I need A1 and A2 to be blank
and not return N/A# etc

Try

=IF(ISNUMBER(B1),"abc","")


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"Racingzeus" wrote:

BHi All,
I am new to excel, so any help would be great :)
I want to automatically insert a set text string for instance, ABC into A1
only if there is a number inserted into cell B1 for instance 12345.
So if I insert 12345 into cell B1, A1 would then show ABC, if I insert 6789
into B2, A2 would then again return ABC.
However if there is no value in B1 or B2 then I need A1 and A2 to be blank
and not return N/A# etc

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if you have more than one set of matchings text/number sets may help
<A
HREF="http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx?dg=microsoft.public.excel.misc&lang=e n&cr=US"this thread</A may help

http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...ang=e n&cr=US
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"Racingzeus" wrote:

BHi All,
I am new to excel, so any help would be great :)
I want to automatically insert a set text string for instance, ABC into A1
only if there is a number inserted into cell B1 for instance 12345.
So if I insert 12345 into cell B1, A1 would then show ABC, if I insert 6789
into B2, A2 would then again return ABC.
However if there is no value in B1 or B2 then I need A1 and A2 to be blank
and not return N/A# etc