Hello,
In the attached spreadsheet:
E1 is working as desired.
E1 was copied down to give E2.
But, because there is no value in D3, what it shows is #VALUE!
This is because D3 contains a text string, and so arithmetic cannot be done on it.
Anyone know how overcome this with VBA?
i know you asked for VBA - but PRODUCT() will ignore blanks
=IF(D3=0,"",PRODUCT($A$1,A3,D3))
Wayne
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Or simply this in E2 copied down:
=IF(D2="","",$A$1*A2*D2)
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Re: can't do arithmetic on cell containing a text string
Hello, under VBA you can play with the Evaluate VBA function as well ...
Hello Wayne, thanks so much
Dear AliGW,
What a brilliant solution!
Thank you very much
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