My formula:
=IF(ISNA(VLOOKUP(B2,Dists!$D$1:$D$22250,1,FALSE) & AND(B2<>"")),"","MATCHES")
This essentially looks at B2 to see if it returns a VLOOKUP value and if it's blank.
If it's not blank, and VLOOKUP returns a value, then it displays "MATCHES" in the designated cell. If it does not return a value or it is blank, it displays the cell as blank.
I would like to expand on this, but I can't figure it out for the life of me. I am trying to have a cell display blank if B2 is blank, but display "NOT FOUND" if it's not blank and the VLOOKUP returns false. It will display "MATCHES" if the vlookup returns a value.
For example..
B2 is blank so my cell shows as blank.
B2 is not blank and VLOOKUP returns true, so my cell says MATCHES.
B2 is not blank and VLOOKUP returns false, so my cell says NOT FOUND.
Any clue?
Use this:
=IF(B2="","",IF(ISNA(VLOOKUP(B2,Dists!$D$1:$D$22250,1,FALSE)),"NOT FOUND","MATCHES"))
While your code has other structural errors resolved in the answer provided by Scott, your original function =IF(ISNA(VLOOKUP(B2,Dists!$D$1:$D$22250,1,FALSE) & AND(B2<>"")),"","MATCHES") uses the AND() function incorrectly.
AND(), OR(), XOR(), and NOT() in Excel are placed before the different condition. For example, =IF(OR(A1="Foo",A1="Bar"),"Yes","No") returns YES when A1 contains either Foo or Bar.
Microsoft Office Support - AND() function
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Suppose there is an empty excel sheet. Enter formula "=A1" into the B1 cell. The value of B1 would be 0.
My question is: why the value of B1 becomes zero when referring to an empty cell A1? Any rationales Excel behaves this way?
Thanks.
That is because the formula in B1 returns the value of cell A1.
Excel assigns the value 0 to a blank cell.
To distinguish 0 from blank, in B1 enter:
=IF(A1="","",A1)
FWIW, force a zero-length string with =A1&"". This can also be used to show (an apparently blank) cell when a VLOOKUP of INDEX/MATCH wants to return a zero after encountering a blank cell to return. Two caveats: first, a zero-length string is not truly blank and second, if used with VLOOKUP(...)&"" then any true number that should have been returned as a true number becomes text-that-looks-like-a-number. – Jeeped
Quoting the best answer so I can vote on it :)
I changed my application to =formula&"" according to Jeeped, and works great. Kinda dumb that Index returns Value(formula).
I'm trying to have one column change color (individual cells in that column, rather) depending on if there is text in a different cell in the same row. I've tried using something along the lines of =IF(($B1<>""), TRUE, FALSE) and that works, but when I try to copy that formatting to the rest of the column, the cell number that the formula references stays the same, so every cell in column A will reference cell B1 instead of changing the reference cell to B2, B3, etc... on down the column.
The problem with your formula i'm assuming is the $ sign which is an absolute reference. So if you use $B1 in your formula, you're saying that you need to always compare against the value in column B.
using this formula should probably work for you:
=IF(B1<>"", TRUE, FALSE)
But it also depends on the range that you're applying this conditional-format on.
TIP:
You don't even have to use the IF function, B1<>"" returns TRUE or FASLE by default.
I am not looking for a specific solution in Excel, just trying to understand a few key difference between certain data types.
Imagine this, I have error code #N/A in cell A1.
I copy and paste this error code in cell A1 as Value (now the red triangle in the top left corner is gone).
I run the following formula in cell B1: =IF(A1="#N/A","Yes","No").
This returns an #N/A error.
But when I change the value in cell A1 to '#N/A, the formula works correctly; it returns Yes in cell B1. If I change the value in Cell A1 to N/A, the formula works correctly as well.
# is being seen by Excel as Text. If for instance I have # in cell A1, and I ask Excel whether this is text using =ISTEXT(A1), Excel returns a True value. If I change the value in cell A1 to #N/A, it is no longer seen as text.
So, my question, why does Excel not treat '#N/A, #N/A, N/A, and # the same?
When the #N/A error code comes up as the result of a formula, Excel is saying "This cell has a not-available type error". When you enter the value of '#N/A into a cell, Excel is saying "This cell has a text/string value of the characters '#N/A". What's happening in each cell is not equivalent to Excel.
You probably want to incorporate the IFERROR or ISNA function into your formula. Right now your code is searching for the later example, the text/string value of '#N/A. You need to use a function that is looking for an error, not a string of text.
I've been working on some formulas and in cells instead of blank it shows 0.
Code looks like this =IF(ISNUMBER(MATCH(A2;B$2:B$100;0));"";A2).
I have tried IFERROR and it set to general.
Your formula, when A2 is blank and the match fails, eventually resolves to
=A2
If A2 is empty, Excel will return a 0 in that circumstance.
One way around it is to explicitly test A2 for being empty, which is the same as having a "null string"
=IF(ISNUMBER(MATCH(A2,B$2:B$100,0)),"",IF(A2="","",A2))
or
=IF(ISNUMBER(MATCH(A2,B$2:B$100,0)),"",IF(ISBLANK(A2),"",A2))
I have this formula in excel, to return a row number:
=MATCH(INDIRECT(ADDRESS(ROW(),4)),DayOffRequests!$A$1:$A$100,0)
and it works just fine.
I would like to make a new name (DAYS_OFF_ROW) and assign it to this formula.
Here's what I did in the name manager:
But when I write this into a cell: =DAYS_OFF_ROW it says #VALUE! whereas when I write the same formula into the cell, it gives me the row number I am looking for.
Why is does it say #VALUE! and not the row number like the formula does?
First off Row() returns the row on which the cell resides. If you put Row() in indirect you will get an error since there is no cell for which Excel can find a Row(). So right off the bat, your formula is nonsense for a named range.
Second, even if there was some magic way for Excel to know which Row() you cared about here, Match doesn't return a range. Just a position in an array like "5" or "50". When you use a formula to define a named range, the result of the formula MUST be a range. So you could do another Indirect like =Indirect("A" & Match(foo,bar)) or something so that the result out of your formula actually refers to a range in your sheet.
It works if i set the name to this formula: =MATCH(!$D1,DayOffRequests!$A$1:$A$100,0)
Of course i have to be in field A1 when setting the name. Now its reference the fourth column and whichever row i am in.