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    Remove error message, leave formulas in place

    I would like to be able to add info at a later date and have the formulas there, but i dont want to see an error if there is no information yet. This thread has a way to clear the errors out but clears the entire cell
    http://www.excelforum.com/excel-prog...g-formula.html

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    I input data in the first 3 columns. =SUM((A82-A81)/ABS(A81)) is the formula, and then =STDEV.S(D4:D81) looks at the entire row. STDEV ignores blanks and text, but the errors screw it up.

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    Re: Remove error message, leave formulas in place

    Intercept the errors before they occur by checking the divisor cell:

    =IF(A81=0, "", SUM((A82-A81)/ABS(A81)))


    Another less specific method is to detect all errors after the fact and suppress them:

    =IFERROR(SUM((A82-A81)/ABS(A81)), "")
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    Re: Remove error message, leave formulas in place

    That actually works great. I was trying to put my IF statement at the end so no wonder i couldnt figure it out.

    The very last calculation is always -100% so can i add another part to the IF statement to make it print nothing there as well? Tried this, but im terrible at this stuff.

    IF((A4=0, "",A5=0, "") SUM((A5-A4)/ABS(A4)))

    Thanks again!!

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    Re: Remove error message, leave formulas in place

    Maybe:

    =IF(OR(A4=0, A5=0), "", (A5-A4)/ABS(A4))


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