Strange if(***) behaviour?

I have typed the following in
n20 =if(o20=1,"yes","No")
when I type 1 into o20
n20 becomes Yes
the formula disappears it is not the only cell to have this problem
any suggestions?

That is the normal and intended behavior. The formula is placed in n20 and
the formula says, in English, if the entry in o20 is a 1, then display "yes"
in the cell in which the formula is located, which is n20 in your case. If
o20 is not a 1, display "No". The formula has not gone anywhere, it is
still in the cell. What is in the cell and what is displayed in the cell
are not necessarily the same thing. As in your case. HTH Otto
"Excel 2003 - SPB" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>I have typed the following in
> n20 =if(o20=1,"yes","No")
> when I type 1 into o20
> n20 becomes Yes
> the formula disappears it is not the only cell to have this problem
> any suggestions?

Thanks for the reply, but the formular is missing when you look into/edit the
cell

"Otto Moehrbach" wrote:

> That is the normal and intended behavior. The formula is placed in n20 and
> the formula says, in English, if the entry in o20 is a 1, then display "yes"
> in the cell in which the formula is located, which is n20 in your case. If
> o20 is not a 1, display "No". The formula has not gone anywhere, it is
> still in the cell. What is in the cell and what is displayed in the cell
> are not necessarily the same thing. As in your case. HTH Otto
> "Excel 2003 - SPB" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> >I have typed the following in
> > n20 =if(o20=1,"yes","No")
> > when I type 1 into o20
> > n20 becomes Yes
> > the formula disappears it is not the only cell to have this problem
> > any suggestions?
>
>
>

Hi guys
I have included the previous thread
all is good with the formular
a1=if(b1=1,"Yes","No")
b1=1

when I change the value in B1 to 0
the contents (using edit F2) become
text "No"


"Excel 2003 - SPB" wrote:

> Thanks for the reply, but the formular is missing when you look into/edit the
> cell
>
> "Otto Moehrbach" wrote:
>
> > That is the normal and intended behavior. The formula is placed in n20 and
> > the formula says, in English, if the entry in o20 is a 1, then display "yes"
> > in the cell in which the formula is located, which is n20 in your case. If
> > o20 is not a 1, display "No". The formula has not gone anywhere, it is
> > still in the cell. What is in the cell and what is displayed in the cell
> > are not necessarily the same thing. As in your case. HTH Otto
> > "Excel 2003 - SPB" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]...
> > >I have typed the following in
> > > n20 =if(o20=1,"yes","No")
> > > when I type 1 into o20
> > > n20 becomes Yes
> > > the formula disappears it is not the only cell to have this problem
> > > any suggestions?
> >
> >
> >

Are you now saying that all is good or do you still have the situation that
the formula disappears? Formulas don't just disappear. If your formula is,
in fact, disappearing, you have some code in that file that is doing this.
HTH Otto
"Excel 2003 - SPB" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Hi guys
> I have included the previous thread
> all is good with the formular
> a1=if(b1=1,"Yes","No")
> b1=1
>
> when I change the value in B1 to 0
> the contents (using edit F2) become
> text "No"
>
>
> "Excel 2003 - SPB" wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the reply, but the formular is missing when you look into/edit
>> the
>> cell
>>
>> "Otto Moehrbach" wrote:
>>
>> > That is the normal and intended behavior. The formula is placed in n20
>> > and
>> > the formula says, in English, if the entry in o20 is a 1, then display
>> > "yes"
>> > in the cell in which the formula is located, which is n20 in your case.
>> > If
>> > o20 is not a 1, display "No". The formula has not gone anywhere, it is
>> > still in the cell. What is in the cell and what is displayed in the
>> > cell
>> > are not necessarily the same thing. As in your case. HTH Otto
>> > "Excel 2003 - SPB" <[email protected]> wrote in
>> > message
>> > news:[email protected]...
>> > >I have typed the following in
>> > > n20 =if(o20=1,"yes","No")
>> > > when I type 1 into o20
>> > > n20 becomes Yes
>> > > the formula disappears it is not the only cell to have this problem
>> > > any suggestions?
>> >
>> >
>> >

Any chance you have a "helpful" macro butting in?

I'd open excel in safe mode
windows start button|Run
excel /safe

file|open your workbook
test it out.

If the formula doesn't get converted to values, then I'd look for macros that
are doing this.

Excel 2003 - SPB wrote:
>
> I have typed the following in
> n20 =if(o20=1,"yes","No")
> when I type 1 into o20
> n20 becomes Yes
> the formula disappears it is not the only cell to have this problem
> any suggestions?

--

Dave Peterson

No Macros
Checked against/via alt&F11
I am running some forms which load results of 1 or 0 to the "o" cells
I have no Data "ControlSource" with cell referances

another thing when I copy a formular into the "effected cell" it instantly
changes to Text?


"Dave Peterson" wrote:

> Any chance you have a "helpful" macro butting in?
>
> I'd open excel in safe mode
> windows start button|Run
> excel /safe
>
> file|open your workbook
> test it out.
>
> If the formula doesn't get converted to values, then I'd look for macros that
> are doing this.
>
> Excel 2003 - SPB wrote:
> >
> > I have typed the following in
> > n20 =if(o20=1,"yes","No")
> > when I type 1 into o20
> > n20 becomes Yes
> > the formula disappears it is not the only cell to have this problem
> > any suggestions?
>
> --
>
> Dave Peterson
>