Blank cells

[Guest]

I have a list with some blank cells, say in column A. I have created an IF
function to show a text message if the cell is empty. I have done it using
the ISBLANK function and also using >=0. See the next examples:
=IF(ISBLANK(A1),â€Chaseâ€,â€â€)
=IF(A1<=0,â€Chaseâ€,â€â€)

Is there a problem I might encounter if I use the <=0 condition? Is one
solution preferable for any reason to the other?

I’ve formatted the cells in column A to Text to see if that effects it and
it doesn’t seem to.

 

[vezerid]

I should say neither is a good test. If cell A1 returns "" through a
formula then

=ISBLANK(A1)

will return FALSE. Similarly, it is not a good idea to play with
numeric values unless your data set has some specific characteristics.
Just use:

=IF(A1="","Chase","")

HTH
Kostis Vezerides

 

[Rick Rothstein \(MVP - VB\)]

Just use:

=IF(A1="","Chase","")

And possibly

=IF(TRIM(A1)="","Chase","")

if there is any chance someone could accidentally place one or more blank
spaces in the cell.

Rick

 

[Peo Sjoblom]

Or


=IF(LEN(A1)=0,"Chase","")

 

[Peo Sjoblom]

Nevermind, I misunderstood the question

 

[Guest]

Thank you - much simpler too!

I should say neither is a good test. If cell A1 returns "" through a
formula then

=ISBLANK(A1)

will return FALSE. Similarly, it is not a good idea to play with
numeric values unless your data set has some specific characteristics.
Just use:

=IF(A1="","Chase","")

HTH
Kostis Vezerides

 

[Guest]

Thank you

And possibly

=IF(TRIM(A1)="","Chase","")

if there is any chance someone could accidentally place one or more blank
spaces in the cell.

Rick