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pillaisg
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Dec 27, 2019

IF -Isblank function to check two cells are blank

Hi 

I was putting a formula in column P

=IF(ISBLANK(M3),K3*N3,M3*N3)+O3 which checks if there is any value is there in column M and takes the rest calculation if M is blank... and if there is no value in M & K it returns 0. 

If both M and K columns are blank I wish to get the value in P as blank... I don't want 0 to appear 

 

Is there any possible way ….. Please guide...

 

Regards & thanks in advance.

 

      • pillaisg 

        If both K3 and M3 are blank we return empty string. Just in case

        ISBLANK(M3)*ISBLANK(K3)

        is equivalent of

        AND(ISBLANK(M3),ISBLANK(K3))

         since in calculations TRUE is converted to 1 and FALSE to zero.

         

        In second part

        (K3*ISBLANK(M3)+M3)

        if M3 is blank that will be

        (K3*1+0)          or simply K3

        if M3 is not blank that will be

        (K3*0+M3)      or simply M3

         

        Thank you for marking as accepted solution, but better to move Best response on answer itself.

    • Annujgd's avatar
      Annujgd
      Copper Contributor
      I hv 5 cell in excel A,B,C,D & E
      IF C,D,E BLANK THEN B-A
      IF D&E BLANK C-A
      IF E&C BLANK D-A
      IF C&D BLANK E-A

      I am trying to write formula since Sundays but fail kindly help me to write this formula in excel
      • Annujgd 

        In a cell in row 2, for example in F2:

         

        =IFS(AND(C2="",D2="",E2=""),B2-A2,AND(D2="",E2=""),C2-A2,AND(C2="",E2=""),D2-A2,AND(C2="",D2=""),E2-A2,TRUE,"None of these")

         

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