Nedd help with calculating a cell containing a formula that returns a blank value
I have two cells with the following values:
Cell (V1) containing the formula =IFERROR(SMALL($L17:$U17,1)," ") that returns a blank date value.
Cell (V2) containing the formula =IFERROR(SMALL($L18:$U18,1)," ") that returns the date of 2/1/12.
In a third cell (W1) containing the formula "IF(V2>V1,"yes","no")"
W2 should populate with yes, but is populating with no.
If there a way to calculate two cells when one has a blank value but contains aformula?
Last edited by ascottbag; 03-03-2012 at 10:32 AM.
Remove the blank space from between your " ". It should be "". Does that help?
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Thank you. I tried removing the space but it didn't help.
Okay, try
=IF(AND(COUNT(V1:V2)=2,V2>V1),"yes","no")
How's that?
Thank you again.
Sorry. That formula did not work either. It seems as though since the formula in cell "V1" is not returning a value, the formula to populate a yes/no in cell "W1" cannot correctly determine that the date in cell "V2" is greater than the value in cell "V1" and thus populate a yes value.
This is so frustrating. Can this even be done?
have you tried adding or() to your formula to test for, eg, "yes" or ""? (or whichever way round you need to do your test)
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It's because your comparing a numeric value against a text value.
Any text value (and both a space [" "] and a "null string" [""] are text values) is deemed to be greater than any number, try this version
=IF(N(V2)>N(V1),"yes","no")
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Will this work for you?
=IF(V1<>" ",IF(V2>V1,"Yes","No"),"Yes")
Yes, that's a better solution.Originally Posted by daddylonglegs
=IF(or(V1<>" ",V2=V1),"Yes","No")
Thank you eveyone fo your help!
Daddylonglegs, your solution resolved my issue. Thank you
Thank you! This was the perfect solution for my issue!
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