How to display a blank cell with no error message

[Juco]

when i clear all the cells in the formula below I get #VALUE! showing in
the cell (M15)
Is there a way to just show a blank cell? and not have this message
showing.

thanks

=M7+M8+M13+M14

 

[Dave Peterson]

How do you clear the cells.

I'm guessing you hit the spacebar. That doesn't clear the cell--it puts in a
space character. (It may look the same, but it's not.)

Try clearing the cells by hitting the delete key on the keyboard.
(or edit|clear|contents)

 

[Juco]

Try and explain better...
cells M7 to M14 are totaled in cell M15
If I delete the contents of cells M7 to M14 I get this message in cell M15
#Value!
I think relating to the fact that the info in cells M7 to M14 doesn`t now
show any values.
As soon as I put a no back in the cells the message disappears.

thanks

 

[JulieD]

Hi Juco

Like Dave i can only replicate the #VALUE error if i use the spacebar to
"delete" a value in any of the cells M7 to M14. Just pressing the delete
key on this range does not result in an error message when i try it - it
results in 0.

Are you typing numbers into these cells or are they the result of other
formulas?

How are you "deleting" the values. What version of excel?

Cheers
JulieD

Try and explain better...
cells M7 to M14 are totaled in cell M15
If I delete the contents of cells M7 to M14 I get this message in cell M15
#Value!
I think relating to the fact that the info in cells M7 to M14 doesn`t now
show any values.
As soon as I put a no back in the cells the message disappears.

thanks

 

[Ragdyer]

Describe *Exactly* how do you "Delete" the contents of your cells?

If you do as Dave suggests, select M7 to M14,
THEN, hit the delete key on the keyboard, your formula should return a zero
( 0 ).

If, on the other hand, the cells contain formulas and you're eliminating the
values in the cells calculated by the formulas, and are perhaps having the
formulas return a null ( "" ), you might try revising your formula to:

=SUM(M7:M14)
To have 0 returned,
OR
=IF(SUM(M7:M14),SUM(M7:M14),"")
To have null returned.
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HTH,

RD

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Try and explain better...
cells M7 to M14 are totaled in cell M15
If I delete the contents of cells M7 to M14 I get this message in cell M15
#Value!
I think relating to the fact that the info in cells M7 to M14 doesn`t now
show any values.
As soon as I put a no back in the cells the message disappears.

thanks

 

[Ragdyer]

I just came across your other posts from yesterday pertaining to this form
you're working up, where here, you're trying to total the formula help you
received yesterday.

Why not post here the exact formulas that you've decided to use from
yesterday's suggestions.
Describe the formula in each of the cells that you're looking to sum.
Makes it easier for the folks around here to HELP YOU !
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Regards,

RD

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Try and explain better...
cells M7 to M14 are totaled in cell M15
If I delete the contents of cells M7 to M14 I get this message in cell M15
#Value!
I think relating to the fact that the info in cells M7 to M14 doesn`t now
show any values.
As soon as I put a no back in the cells the message disappears.

thanks

 

[Juco]

Try and explain better...
cells M7 to M14 are totaled in cell M15
If I delete the contents of cells M7 to M14 I get this message in cell M15
#Value!
I think relating to the fact that the info in cells M7 to M14 doesn`t now
show any values.
As soon as I put a no. back in the cells the message disappears in M15

thanks

 

[Juco]

This is the formulas I am using....
This in M15.......... M7+M8+M13+M14
This in M7........... =CHOOSE(MATCH(D7,{0;5;7;9},1),"",150,200,"")
This in M8........... =CHOOSE(MATCH(H7,{0;5;7;11},1),"",150,200,"")

It is a form for renting properties if the renter puts in the dates inD7 and
H7 then M7 and M8 calculate the rental for those weeks. The problem is if I
send a blank form with no dates entered it has #VALUE! where it would
normally enter the total in M15, the sheet works ok its just messy sending
out a blank form with #VALUE! on it what I would like is for those `error
messages to disappear` if possible.

I hope this is a bit clearer
thanks

I just came across your other posts from yesterday pertaining to this form
you're working up, where here, you're trying to total the formula help you
received yesterday.

Why not post here the exact formulas that you've decided to use from
yesterday's suggestions.
Describe the formula in each of the cells that you're looking to sum.
Makes it easier for the folks around here to HELP YOU !
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Regards,

RD

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[Dave Peterson]

I'm still confused at what you mean by clear. Do you mean your formula
evaluates to ""?

If yes, try this in M15:

=sum(m7,m8,m13,m14)

=sum() ignores cells with text. The add operator (+) likes to work with numbers
and has trouble with text.

 

[Ragdyer]

Try this in M15:

=SUM(M7:M8,M13:M14)
OR
=IF(SUM(M7:M8,M13:M14),SUM(M7:M8,M13:M14),"")

 

[Juco]

ok thanks that works good

thank you
Juco

Try this in M15:

=SUM(M7:M8,M13:M14)
OR
=IF(SUM(M7:M8,M13:M14),SUM(M7:M8,M13:M14),"")
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RD

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[RagDyeR]

Thanks for the feed-back.

If you had remained with your original thread from a couple of days ago, you
would have probably received a much quicker and accurate response.
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Regards,

RD
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ok thanks that works good

thank you
Juco