#VALUE Error when no value in cell

[stephurso]

Hello,

I have a spreadsheet with cell F73 to multiply two cells =D73*E73.  When a value is not in cell E73, Cell F73 displays #Value.  How do I get rid of that error?  Once I place a value in E73 than its fine.  How do I get Excel to have E73 be calculated as zero until a number is placed in?  At the end of spreadsheet I have a AutoSum so when there is #values in the column it doesn't work. 

Thank you in advance.

Steph

[#2]

Most probably there is a text value in E73.

[#3]

You are correct. There is a formula in that field that pulls in a cost from another field.

=IFERROR(VLOOKUP(B73,Parts,4,FALSE),"")

[#4 · Accepted solution]

Replace the double quotes with a 0.

[#5]

Thank you so much! This worked. I can't tell you how much time this will save everyone. So grateful to have logged into this forum.

Steph