How to distinguish zeros ("0") from blank cells?

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I'm trying to figure out a way to get my formulas to distinguish cells with
no data from those that have a "0". Any ideas?
 
=LEN(A1)=0

returns TRUE for empty cell and FALSE for 0

=A1=""


returns TRUE for empty cells and FALSE for 0


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Peo Sjoblom
 
certain functions like AVERAGE will ignore blanks.

If you tell us specifically what you are trying to do, we can help you
figure it out.
 
Peo Sjoblom said:
=LEN(A1)=0

returns TRUE for empty cell and FALSE for 0

=A1=""

returns TRUE for empty cells and FALSE for 0
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Both formulas also return TRUE for nonblank cells that evaluate to "".
ISBLANK(x) and COUNT(x)=0 provide stricter tests for whether a cell
contains nothing.
 

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