what does "," mean in an excel formula

[Excel Question]

Could anyone tell me what this means in an excel formula?

what does "," mean in an excel formula

[dfeld71]

It would help if you posted the whole formula, but "," is usually hardcoding a comma somewhere. Anything that is between a set of quotes, is usually being treated as text.

HTH

-Deb

Hi
A comma is usually used for separating parts of a function.

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[Chip Pearson]

A comma is typically used to separate arguments in a function
call. Can you post an example of something specific?


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[JulieD]

my vote is that it is a homework question ....

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>post an example of something specific?
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> --
> Cordially,
> Chip Pearson
> Microsoft MVP - Excel
> Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
> www.cpearson.com
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[Excel Question]

this is the formula: =IF(D16="","",D16)

Thank you for your help on this.

"ww" wrote:

> It could mean a lot of things depending on the formula. If you give the
> complete formula I'm sure someone could help you out.
>
> "Excel Question" wrote:
>
> > Could anyone tell me what this means in an excel formula?
> >
> > what does "," mean in an excel formula

[bj]

the if function is If(criteria, response if true, response if false)
In your formula
criteria D16="" this will be true if there is nothing in D16 or if an
eqauion will give an "" response

\the if true response is that if there is nothing in D16 there wil be
nothing (almost the same as "" but that is a different question) in th ecell
where the equation is

\the if false response is that if there is something in D16, show it here.

In this case the comma is a separator for different sections of the formula.
there are other formulas where the "," could be a text section being looked
for or as a result. for example if you wanted to replace a comma with a
semicolon in some cells you could use
=substitute(a1,",",";").
Inother words "," can have multiple meanings.
"Excel Question" wrote:

> this is the formula: =IF(D16="","",D16)
>
> Thank you for your help on this.
>
> "ww" wrote:
>
> > It could mean a lot of things depending on the formula. If you give the
> > complete formula I'm sure someone could help you out.
> >
> > "Excel Question" wrote:
> >
> > > Could anyone tell me what this means in an excel formula?
> > >
> > > what does "," mean in an excel formula

[ww]

It could mean a lot of things depending on the formula. If you give the
complete formula I'm sure someone could help you out.

"Excel Question" wrote:

> Could anyone tell me what this means in an excel formula?
>
> what does "," mean in an excel formula

[bj]

We need to see the formula to be able to tell you. There mare many
possibiliites.

"Excel Question" wrote:

> Could anyone tell me what this means in an excel formula?
>
> what does "," mean in an excel formula

[Excel Question]

=IF(D16="","",D16) is the formula I am looking at.

"Chip Pearson" wrote:

> A comma is typically used to separate arguments in a function
> call. Can you post an example of something specific?
>
>
> --
> Cordially,
> Chip Pearson
> Microsoft MVP - Excel
> Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
> www.cpearson.com
>
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[dfeld71]

That means if D16 is blank (or null), bring back a null, else give me whatever is in D16.