Excel - Conditional Formatting - Cell not blank and equals 0 - excel

I'm trying to check if a cell is:
blank, and if false (not blank)
If value equals 0. I have tried:
=IF( NOT( ISBLANK($D:$D) ) & $D:$D=0 ,TRUE,FALSE)
=IF( AND( NOT( ISBLANK($D:$D) ),$D:$D=0) ,TRUE,FALSE)
I am use Excel 2013 with Conditional Formatting rule: Use a formula to determine which cells to format > Format values where this formula is true
What am I doing wrong? The problem is, the IF($D:$D=0) recognises cells with value 0 and those which are blank as true. I only want it to recognise 0 values. Not blank.

I think this is what you're looking for:
=AND(COUNTBLANK($D1)=0,$D1=0)
Note that when you apply it to the whole column, each cell will only look at its respective row. You'll want to keep the reference of $D1 instead of using $D:$D

You can also use this formula
=($D1<>"")*($D1=0)

Before the rule specifying "0" you should add the rule "cell contains empty (blank) value". Then set the format to "no formatting" and then select "stop if true".

The following will work and you don't have to worry about how AND and NOT fit together.
=IF(ISBLANK(A1),TRUE,IF(A1=0,TRUE,FALSE))

format only cells that contains -> (Specific text)... Don't use (cell value)--> then type "0" with no quotation marks
this will format only cells with 0 inside it, blank cells will not be formatted

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How to specify that 0 is not a null cell in Excel?

I'm trying to create a new rule in my Excel sheet where if a cell is equal to 0, then the cell is filled with a specefic color.
When I apply this rule, all the empty cells take on that color as well as the cells with the value 0.
I've been looking for an option in Excel to tell it that null cells != the value 0 but I can't find anything (I know that by default 0 = null).
My rule is "if cell value is" + "equal to" + "=0"
Thanks for helping me :)
Quick edit:
Here's a screenshot of the tool I'm using to create the rule :
Create rule with type 'Use a formula to determine which cells to format', add formula
=(A1=0)*(A1<>"")
(replace A1 with first cell's address of Applies to range), select desired range into Applies to field.
You would need to determine the formatting by a formula (the last item in the dialog of which you posted a picture) and then use this formula (or its French equivalent).
=AND(VALUE(A1)=0,ISBLANK(A1)=FALSE)
You colud first transform all your empty cells in empty string and then apply the format colour if it is equal to zero.
You can transform the empty cells with this formula:
=IF(A1="","",A1)

Excel: named range showing 0 even though the linked cell is empty

I am using the formula:
=(Cost!C8)
to get values from another sheet using named ranges. I want this to only show a value if there is a value in the corresponding cell of the other sheet, however, this formula returns a value of 0 even if the cell on the other sheet is empty. How can I make it so that the formula returns nothing (is blank) when the cell it refers to is empty?
Invoice
There are a number of ways to prevent zero's from showing when you refer to a blank cell.
The easiest if probably an IF statement. If your formula is:
=(Cost!C8)
...use:
=IF(Cost!C8="","",Cost!C8)
Similarly you could show a default value, or a label like <No Data> with a variation:
=IF(Cost!C8="","<No Data>",Cost!C8)
Note that Cost!C8 is not a Named Range; it's a cell reference, referring to another worksheet.
More Information:
Office Support : Create conditional formulas
TechRepublic : Three ways to hide zero values in an Excel sheet
Use,
=Cost!C8&""
'alternate for Qty
=TEXT(Cost!C8, "[<>0]0;;;")
'alternate for currency
=TEXT(Cost!C8, "[<>0]$ 0.00;;;")
'alternate for text items
=TEXT(Cost!C8, ";;;#")
Granted, this actually converts your true numbers to text-that-looks-like-a-number and that is generally a practice to be avoided but they will be converted back to true numbers through any maths operation like addition or multiplication.
A blank cell is considered numeric by nature. This can be tested with =ISNUMBER(<blank_cell>). The closest thing to a blank number is zero so you are returning those as the value of the blank cells you are linking to.
Use ISBLANK with IF
=IF(ISBLANK(Cost!C8),"",Cost!C8)
If you just want it to not be visible, you might consider using conditional formatting to make the text color white when the cell is equal to 0. This way the actual value remains 0 so it won't break downstream formulas.
A nice, slightly simpler, alternative is to concatenate the named range with an empty string.
=MyRange --> 0
=""&MyRange --> ""
This is equivalent to TEXT(MyRange) more concise than IF(ISBLANK(MyRange), "", MyRange)

Excel Formula vs Formula used in conditional format

I have a excel formula which correctly returns true. But when I used the same formula in conditional format, I am not able to get the conditional format. Please help.
=AND(FIND("MyText",INDIRECT(ADDRESS(1,COLUMN()))),INDIRECT(ADDRESS(ROW()+2,COLUMN()))=1)
If the first cell of the column is "My-text" and the value is 1 (in row +2, same column) the formula correctly returns true. If I used it in a conditional format to paint a fore-ground color it is not working. I also tried search and searchb. But didnt work. The format of the cell (row() +2, column) that might have value 1 is "General"
If you change to R1C1 reference style, you can enter the formula as =AND(R1C="MyText", R[2]C=1)
R1 means row 1, C means same column, and R[2] means 2 rows below the current cell.
In A1 reference style, the formula will depend on the currently active cell, so if for example the active cell is A1, the formula will be =AND(A$1="MyText", A3=1)
Not sure why this wouldn't work. But you can simply replace the AND function with *. Here is what you can try:
=FIND("MyText",INDIRECT(ADDRESS(1,COLUMN())))*INDIRECT(ADDRESS(ROW()+2,COLUMN()))=1
I changed the AND into following and it worked. But not sure what is the issue with AND in conditional format
=NOT(ISERROR(SEARCH("MyText",INDIRECT(ADDRESS(1,COLUMN())))))
*INDIRECT(ADDRESS(ROW()+2,COLUMN()))
Added the above answer for reference.

index match returns 0 for blank cell, want it to be "-"

I have looked all over and tried a bunch of different things and non are working.
I can get the error to show - but I also want a blank cell to return -.
Right now blank cells are returning 0.
The blank cells appear in the $C$6:$DD$50 section if that helps.
=IFERROR(INDEX('Foundation Plates'!$C$6:$DD$50,MATCH($C9,'Foundation Plates'!$B$6:$B$50,0),MATCH(D$8,'Foundation Plates'!$C$5:$DD$5,0)),"-")
=Index(...) & “”
it would convert 0 (Blank value) to an empty string.
Your formula return a 0, that means a match is found but the value in the relevant cell is blank or 0.
If the formula doesn't find any matching cell, the IFError will deal with this and return "-" in this case.
To hide Zero's from formula cells, you can use Custom Formatting to hide zeros.
Select the formula cells and custom format them using the format given below as per the existing formatting applied to the formula cells.
1) If formula cells have General Formatting, try this...
0;-0;;#
2) If formula cells have Currency Formatting, try this...
$#,##0.00_);($#,##0.00);
3) If the formula cells have Date Format, try this...
mm/dd/yyyy;;
If you want to show a "-" instead of blank in formula cells with zeros, change the custom formatting like below...
1) 0;-0;-;#
2) $#,##0.00_);($#,##0.00);-
3) mm/dd/yyyy;;-
Would adding an ISBLANK condition achieve your goal?
=IF(ISBLANK(<range>),"-",<your code>)
=IFERROR(IF(INDEX('Foundation Plates'!$C$6:$DD$50,MATCH($C9,'Foundation Plates'!$B$6:$B$50,0),MATCH(D$8,'Foundation Plates'!$C$5:$DD$5,0))=0,"-",INDEX('Foundation Plates'!$C$6:$DD$50,MATCH($C9,'Foundation Plates'!$B$6:$B$50,0),MATCH(D$8,'Foundation Plates'!$C$5:$DD$5,0))),"-")
This Formula is like:
=IFERROR(If(Index =0,"-",Index),"-")
It will work because it test the Index if = 0 the result will be "-" if <>0 it will give the corresponding value

IF statement: how to leave cell blank if condition is false ("" does not work)

I would like to write an IF statement, where the cell is left blank if the condition is FALSE.
Note that, if the following formula is entered in C1 (for which the condition is false) for example:
=IF(A1=1,B1,"")
and if C1 is tested for being blank or not using =ISBLANK(C1), this would return FALSE, even if C1 seems to be blank. This means that the =IF(A1=1,B1,"") formula does not technically leave the cells blank if the condition is not met.
Any thoughts as to a way of achieving that? Thanks,
Unfortunately, there is no formula way to result in a truly blank cell, "" is the best formulas can offer.
I dislike ISBLANK because it will not see cells that only have "" as blanks. Instead I prefer COUNTBLANK, which will count "" as blank, so basically =COUNTBLANK(C1)>0 means that C1 is blank or has "".
If you need to remove blank cells in a column, I would recommend filtering on the column for blanks, then selecting the resulting cells and pressing Del. After which you can remove the filter.
Try this instead
=IF(ISBLANK(C1),TRUE,(TRIM(C1)=""))
This will return true for cells that are either truly blank, or contain nothing but white space.
See this post for a few other options.
edit
To reflect the comments and what you ended up doing: Instead of evaluating to "" enter another value such as 'deleteme' and then search for 'deleteme' instead of blanks.
=IF(ISBLANK(C1),TRUE,(TRIM(C1)="deleteme"))
I wanted to add that there is another possibility - to use the function na().
e.g. =if(a2 = 5,"good",na());
This will fill the cell with #N/A and if you chart the column, the data won't be graphed. I know it isn't "blank" as such, but it's another possibility if you have blank strings in your data and "" is a valid option.
Also, count(a:a) will not count cells which have been set to n/a by doing this.
If you want to use a phenomenical (with a formula in it) blank cell to make an arithmetic/mathematical operation, all you have to do is use this formula:
=N(C1)
assuming C1 is a "blank" cell
You could try this.
=IF(A1=1,B1,TRIM(" "))
If you put this formula in cell C1, then you could test if this cell is blank in another cells
=ISBLANK(C1)
You should see TRUE. I've tried on Microsoft Excel 2013.
Hope this helps.
I've found this workaround seems to do the trick:
Modify your original formula:
=IF(A1=1,B1,"filler")
Then select the column, search and replace "filler" with nothing. The cells you want to be blank/empty are actually empty and if you test with "ISBLANK" it will return TRUE. Not the most elegant, but it's quick and it works.
The easiest solution is to use conditional formatting if the IF Statement comes back false to change the font of the results cell to whatever color background is. Yes, technically the cell isn't blank, but you won't be able to see it's contents.
This shall work (modification on above, workaround, not formula)
Modify your original formula:
=IF(A1=1,B1,"filler")
Put filter on spreadsheet, choose only "filler" in column B, highlight all the cells with "filler" in them, hit delete, remove filter
You can do something like this to show blank space:
=IF(AND((E2-D2)>0)=TRUE,E2-D2," ")
Inside if before first comma is condition then result and return value if true and last in value as blank if condition is false
The formula in C1
=IF(A1=1,B1,"")
is either giving an answer of "" (which isn't treated as blank) or the contents of B1.
If you want the formula in D1 to show TRUE if C1 is "" and FALSE if C1 has something else in then use the formula
=IF(C2="",TRUE,FALSE)
instead of ISBLANK
Here is what I do
=IF(OR(ISBLANK(AH38),AH38=""),"",IF(AI38=0,0,AH38/AI38))
Use the OR condition OR(ISBLANK(cell), cell="")
I think all you need to do is to set the value of NOT TRUE condition to make it show any error then you filter the errors with IFNA().
Here is what your formula should look like =ifna(IF(A1=1,B1,NA()))
Here is a sheet that returns blanks from if condition :
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15kWd7oPWQmGgYD_PLz9YpIldwnKWoXPHtHQAT3ulqVc/edit?usp=sharing
Nope ... that only works for Googlesheets ... not Excel.
To Validate data in column A for Blanks
Step 1: Step 1: B1=isblank(A1)
Step 2: Drag the formula for the entire column say B1:B100; This returns Ture or False from B1 to B100 depending on the data in column A
Step 3: CTRL+A (Selct all), CTRL+C (Copy All) , CRTL+V (Paste all as values)
Step4: Ctrl+F ; Find and replace function Find "False", Replace "leave this blank field" ; Find and Replace ALL
There you go Dude!
Instead of using "", use 0. Then use conditional formating to color 0 to the backgrounds color, so that it appears blank.
Since blank cells and 0 will have the same behavior in most situations, this may solve the issue.
This should should work: =IF(A1=1, B1)
The 3rd argument stating the value of the cell if the condition is not met is optional.

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