Help with replacing #DIV/0! error with text

[John Richards]

Good morning all

I am currently working on a spreadsheet to show trends in relation to various incidents I deal with at work. I am looking to track changes in the number of incidents along with the percentage increase/decrease on a weekly basis but have come across a #DIV/0! error that I cannot solve (self taught newbie to excel). 

Error example

The formula currently used to work out the percentage change from the previous week is

=IF(H4<>"",(H4-G4)/G4,"") and I am fully aware that the error is being caused because G4=0.  I would like the cell to show some text such as "N/A" instead of the #DIV/0! error but am struggling to find the solution even with the help of Google! I have attached an example of the spreadsheet if that will help.

Any assistance is appreciated

[#2]

Hi John,

You may use

=IFERROR(<your formula>,<your text/value if error>

[#3]

Hi Sergei, thank's for the quick response

sorry but I'm a complete beginner with excel.  Could you show me how to change my current formula =IF(H4<>"",(H4-G4)/G4,"") to use =IFERROR as you have described as I keep getting errors such as 'too many arguments for this function. 

thanks

[#4 · Accepted solution]

John,

=IFERROR(IF(H4<>"",(H4-G4)/G4,""),"N/A")

or

=IF(G4=0,"N/A", IF(H4<>"",(H4-G4)/G4,""))

[#5]

Sergei you are a genius.  I have been trying to solve this for two days!  Thank you very much for your help.  

[#6]

@John Richards 

I would like a formula that returns 0% when both columns are zero, 100% when realized when target =0

YR2 (2019)
Target	Actual	% - Deviation
78.00	595.00	▲ 663%
0.00	0.00	0%
0.00	456.00	100%
0.00	105.00	100%
78.00	34.00	▼ -56%
0.00	0.00	0%