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Hello,
I have a row of 4 cells each containing an "if formula" to get information from another worksheet.  An example of the formula in these cells is:  =IF('2009'!E2>0,'2009'!E2,"").  My problem is trying to find the total of these cells.  I'm adding 3 and subtracting 1.  The formula I'm using is:  =IF(SUM(C2,E2:F2)>0,SUM(C2-D2+E2+F2),"").  The formula works great if all 4 cells have a value in it; however, if one is blank, #VALUE! shows in the cell.  Is it possible to do what I'm trying to?

Thanks for any help.

mubashir aziz · Accepted Answer

the problem is occurring because of ""  "text"  To avoid the ""  error you can enter below formula 

=IF(SUM(C2,E2:F2)>0,SUM(N(C2)-N(D2)+N(E2)+N(F2)),"")

OR

=IF(SUM(C2,E2:F2)>0,N(C2)-SUM(E2:F2),"")

both will work fine ....

vongypsy · Answer

Thank you so much, it worked!  

May I ask, what does the N mean?  I've never seen that before. 

=IF(SUM(C2,E2:F2)>0,SUM(N(C2)-N(D2)+N(E2)+N(F2)),"")

mubashir aziz · Answer

Here I used N() to convert the text into value "0".  Below example will explain remain usage of N()

A2=7 
A3=Hello 
A4=TRUE 
A5=4/17/2008 

Formula Description (Result) 
=N(A2) Because A2 contains a number, it is returned (7) 
=N(A3) Because A3 contains text, 0 is returned (0, see above) 
=N(A4) Because A4 is the logical value TRUE, 1 is returned (1, see above) 
=N(A5) Because A5 is a date, the serial number is returned (varies with the date system used) 
=N("7") Because "7" is text, 0 is returned (0, see above)

joan · Answer

I tried doing the same thig by adding all the rows with FT and H but I still keep getting #Value result. What I am doing wrong?

=SUM(IF(($G$6:$G$1476="FT")*($F$6:$F$1476="H"),1,0))

Thanks in advance for your help!

Joan

BEGGGINER · Answer

HI ,I need help with very simple formula that doesent work for me ,I'm not an expert so I tried some advices form this and some other forums but its still giving me error message,help:(

well my formula should look something like this

=IF(D11=1;F5,IF(D11=2;F6,IF(D11>2;0)))

maybe im useing old version but I have to input   ;   instead of , for the equasion to work,i also tried copy paste  from some other posts but it still gives me error meassage ,ctrl+shift+enter dont work either...

is there any other way to do this??

Thanks a lot for help

rizvisa1 · Answer

Isnt the last If clause missing the value in case of "false" condition, I wonder if that is the reason

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