Missing formula parentheses.

**ThursRed** · 06-30-2012, 04:51 PM

I've been on several websites and I can't seem to find help with a formula. I'm beginning to think that there's something really wrong with it and can't be fixed. Excel keeps saying that there's a missing parenthesis, but I'm really clueless and desperate for some help. Here's the formula:

=if(and(k9="0", l2>m2), replace (and(p2, "1", q2, "0"), replace (and(p2, j8, q2, j9))

I guessed most of it from bits of formula I've found on the internet. I thought it was okay, but what do I know?

Any help would be appreciated.

**Richard Buttrey** · 06-30-2012, 05:07 PM

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**Richard Buttrey** · 06-30-2012, 05:10 PM

Your formula doesn't contain the right syntax. Please explain in words what you are trying to do with reference to specific cells.

**FDibbins** · 06-30-2012, 05:29 PM

not sure what you are trying to do, and without a sample workbooks to look at, its hard to say what you are trying to achieve, but from the looks of it...

=if(and(k9="0", l2>m2), replace (and(p2, "1", q2, "0"), replace (and(p2, j8, q2, j9)) need to be...
=if(and(k9="0", l2>m2), replace (and(p2, "1", q2, "0")), replace (and(p2, j8, q2, j9)))

**npamcpp** · 06-30-2012, 07:36 PM

AND() returns TRUE or FALSE. How will that work inside a Replace() function? The parameters for Replace() are

=Replace(old_text, start_num, num_chars, new_text)

ThursRed, can you try and explain what you want to achieve? Do you need to replace several different things when the condition is true? Can you post a small sample file that illustrates the "before" and "after"?

**REALTAMI** · 08-13-2015, 12:47 AM

i do have a problem with my formula. =(IF(OR(D4<>0,E4<>0),SUM(D$4:D4)-SUM(E$4:E4),0) i tried it billion times. but i can't click the E4 cell at my worksheet. why? can someone told me whats wrong? i do tried another formula. =(IF(OR(D4<>0;E4<>0);SUM(D$4:D4)-SUM(E$4:E4);0). it worked. at the beginning. when i tried to drag it, it doesnt change at all. the number is still same. can anyone tell me? i really need you advice. thank u

**FDibbins** · 08-13-2015, 12:53 AM

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