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How to stop refer to a cell wich is empty?

I have three columns: A, B and C.

A measures Time.

B measures Temperature.

C measures ∆T.


The cells in Column C are based on the numbers in the cells in column B (ex. B5-B4), this results in misleading information unless the relevant cell in column B do contain a number. The program seems to assume that an empty cell contains the number 0, but I want that an empty cell results in no calculation at all, is that possible?

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.13

Posted on Sep 21, 2020 12:32 AM

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Posted on Sep 22, 2020 1:17 AM

If you are in a region where the decimal separator is a comma, replace the two commas in Ian's formula with semi colons ( ; ).


IF(B3="";"";B3−B2)


Also note that the C3= in Ian's post means "Select cell C3, press = to open the Formula Editor, then enter what follows into the editor.


Regards,

Barry

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Sep 22, 2020 1:17 AM in response to Dewjack

If you are in a region where the decimal separator is a comma, replace the two commas in Ian's formula with semi colons ( ; ).


IF(B3="";"";B3−B2)


Also note that the C3= in Ian's post means "Select cell C3, press = to open the Formula Editor, then enter what follows into the editor.


Regards,

Barry

How to stop refer to a cell wich is empty?

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