Wow it works. Thank you. On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 10:13 AM, Brian Barker <b.m.bar...@btinternet.com>wrote:
> At 09:51 08/03/2009 -0600, Walter Hildebrandt wrote: > >> Sorry for the confusion. i will try again. >> If A1 is empty or has an 0 in it, I want B1 to be empty. At the same time >> if A1 has any number in it, I want B1 to have that number in B1. >> > > In that case, you use the first suggestion I made in my previous message - > and which you copied back in yours! Here it is: > >> If you want zeroes in A to give empty cells in B, then my earlier >>> suggestion: >>> =IF(A1=0;"";<put your other expression here>) >>> will work. >>> >> > Now we know you want B to be a copy of A when A is not empty or zero, this > becomes: > =IF(A1=0;"";A1) > We are relying here, of course, on the fact that the test A1=0 will succeed > not only for an explicit zero value but also for values that are interpreted > as zero when a numeric interpretation is required, including empty cells and > those containing only blanks. > > > I trust this helps. > > Brian Barker > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org > >
