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IF formula error message "The formula contains a syntax error."
Hi all.
I'm trying a very simple IF formula in a calculated column at my data list.
=IF([Monitorar]=0;"0";"1")
I tried replacing the ; by , and not solved.
I also tried replacing IF by SE (note that my Microsoft account is in portuguese), and not solved.
I tried in another browsers, an nothing different happens.
The column Monitorar is a date/time field, but the calculated column is a number field and should accept either 0 or 1. I wasn't sure that a date could equal 0, but I tested this and it works fine:
=IF([Due Date]=0,0,1)So today I learned a empty date field equals 0. Good stuff!
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valderes-squadraFrom the screenshot you attached, it looks like [Monitorar] column is of type "Date" and not "Number". Is this causing the problem here?
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The column Monitorar is a date/time field, but the calculated column is a number field and should accept either 0 or 1. I wasn't sure that a date could equal 0, but I tested this and it works fine:
=IF([Due Date]=0,0,1)So today I learned a empty date field equals 0. Good stuff!
Thanks to all for your replies. Obviouslý I forgot that numbers don't need quotes. PamDeGraffenreid, your solution worked.
=IF([Monitorar]=0, 0,1)
Try using commas and remove the quotes. I think a quotes are for text, and you can’t pass text into a number column. Let me know if that works.
