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Hi

I'm hoping somebody can help me with the attached spreadsheet please.

 

Why doesn't the formula in K6 return a number?

 

Many thanks

 

Rod

 

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@RodDavis 

The formula

=IF(J6="blank",K6,0)=DAYS(J6,A6)

compares IF(J6="blank",K6,0) with DAYS(J6,A6),

If they are equal, the formula will return TRUE, otherwise it will return FALSE.

 

Also: did you really want to check whether J6 contains the text blank? Or did you want to check whether J6 is empty?

And: IF(J6="blank",K6,0) refers to K6 itself, so if J6 does contain blank, you'll create a circular reference.

 

Can you explain what you wanted to accomplish?

@Hans Vogelaar 

Thanks for your help
I wanted the formula to check if J6 is empty then K6 and L6 would also be empty, then when a date was added to J6, K6 and L6 would then return the number of days and weeks respectively.
Hope that makes sense?

best response confirmed by RodDavis (Copper Contributor)
Solution

@RodDavis 

In K2:

=IF(J2="","",DAYS(J2,A2))

In L2:

=IF(J2="","",K2/7)

Select K2 and L2, then fill down.

@Hans Vogelaar 
Thats brilliant, really appreciate your help
TVM

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best response confirmed by RodDavis (Copper Contributor)
Solution

@RodDavis 

In K2:

=IF(J2="","",DAYS(J2,A2))

In L2:

=IF(J2="","",K2/7)

Select K2 and L2, then fill down.

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