If cell B1=1 then DELETE cell A1 (excel 2003 formula) - How to do it?
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I work with Excel 2003.
If cell B1=1 then DELETE cell A1,
and if cell B=0 then UNCHANGED.
How can I do this?
Example:
http://oi33.tinypic.com/mwsm03.jpg
Many thanks :)
microsoft-excel-2003 worksheet-function
asked Apr 24 '13 at 7:38
Etan
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up vote
0
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favorite
I work with Excel 2003.
If cell B1=1 then DELETE cell A1,
and if cell B=0 then UNCHANGED.
How can I do this?
Example:
http://oi33.tinypic.com/mwsm03.jpg
Many thanks :)
microsoft-excel-2003 worksheet-function
asked Apr 24 '13 at 7:38
Etan
17115
add a comment |
up vote
0
down vote
favorite
up vote
0
down vote
favorite
I work with Excel 2003.
If cell B1=1 then DELETE cell A1,
and if cell B=0 then UNCHANGED.
How can I do this?
Example:
http://oi33.tinypic.com/mwsm03.jpg
Many thanks :)
microsoft-excel-2003 worksheet-function
asked Apr 24 '13 at 7:38
Etan
17115
I work with Excel 2003.
If cell B1=1 then DELETE cell A1,
and if cell B=0 then UNCHANGED.
How can I do this?
Example:
http://oi33.tinypic.com/mwsm03.jpg
Many thanks :)
microsoft-excel-2003 worksheet-function
microsoft-excel-2003 worksheet-function
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Etan
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You cannot delete a value in a cell with a formula in another cell. That kind of job requires VBA.
You could have a worksheet change event evaluate column B. If a value in column B is changed by user input, the cell in colum A in the same row can be treated accordingly. For example
Option Explicit
Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
If Not Intersect(Target, Range("B:B")) Is Nothing Then
If Target = 1 Then
Range("A" & Target.Row).Clear
End If
End If
End Sub
Right-click the sheet tab, select "View Code" and paste the above code into the code window.
Another possibility would be to create a helper column that reflects the values of column A depending on the values in another column. Insert a column between A and B and then use something like this in the (now) column B, starting in B1
=if(C1=1,"",A1)
Then you can hide column A if desired.
answered Apr 24 '13 at 8:24
teylyn
16.6k22438
There is still a way to somehow do something like this with a formula? (Somehow trick on him) [because in my work I can only use formula]
– Etan
Apr 24 '13 at 10:44
By the way: I found a formula that does something similar, so seems logical to me possible to do what I wanted. ---> Delete A1 cell if B1 is empty: =IF(ISBLANK(B1),"",A1)
– Etan
Apr 24 '13 at 10:54
Or possible to combine it with formula ---> =RIGHT(A1, LEN(A1)-1)
– Etan
Apr 24 '13 at 10:59
1
The formula =IF(ISBLANK(B1),"",A1) will not delete the value in cell A1. It will show or not show the value of A1 in the cell where the formula resides. No formula in any cell will change the value in A1. Any formula that changes A1 must be stored in A1. But you cannot have a value AND a formula in A1. Again, you can not change a cell value with a formula in another cell. You may want to re-think your data layout. Maybe you can show the desired result in another column.
– teylyn
Apr 24 '13 at 11:14
If you can only use formulas, you will need to use helper columns. I've updated my answer above.
– teylyn
Apr 24 '13 at 11:20
|
show 1 more comment
up vote
0
down vote
I know I'm late to the party, but another way would be to create a new column (let's say you have A column with your data, B column with your # identifier, and C as your formula column).
column A | Column B | Column C
Banana | 1 | (empty for now)
Phone | 0 | (empty for now)
Cheesecake | 3 | (empty for now)
From here, you'd do C1 with a formula of
=IF(B1=1,"",IF(B1=0,A1,"Value in B not 0 or 1"))
Essentially, if B1 is 1, it'll create a blank cell. If it's not 1, then it'll move on to see if it's 0. If it's 0, then it'll copy the contents of A1. If it's anything else than 0 or 1, you'll get the message that it's not 0 or 1. You can do whatever you like in that "catch". If you want the cell to stay exactly the same if it's not 0 or 1, you could shorten the formula to do something like if it's 1, then "", otherwise same value in A.
edited Mar 16 at 1:50
phuclv
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answered Mar 15 at 23:10
RpTheHotrod
1
1
Welcome to Super User. Your approach is already covered in teylyn's answer, although you have a more correct version: consideration of B1=0, and explanation of how it works. Note, though, that this general approach may not work (the question doesn't contain enough information to know for the OP's case): 1. If col A contains formulas rather than hard-coded values, you can only reproduce the result shown in A, not the formula. As the question is written, the cell becomes empty with the desired action. With this solution, the formula can produce a new value if (cont'd)
– fixer1234
Mar 16 at 3:07
the underlying conditions change. 2. If the OP requires the original cell to be where the action is, you would need to either move columns around (same weakness as #1), or copy, paste-value. Copy/paste would take you back to needing VBA, anyway, and copying a null isn't the same as an empty cell, which could potentially affect other formulas. Suggesting a workaround or alternate approach is fine, but it would be helpful to include any caveats about how the result could be different based on conditions not stated in the question. But kudos for improving on teylyn's suggestion.
– fixer1234
Mar 16 at 3:07
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You cannot delete a value in a cell with a formula in another cell. That kind of job requires VBA.
You could have a worksheet change event evaluate column B. If a value in column B is changed by user input, the cell in colum A in the same row can be treated accordingly. For example
Option Explicit
Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
If Not Intersect(Target, Range("B:B")) Is Nothing Then
If Target = 1 Then
Range("A" & Target.Row).Clear
End If
End If
End Sub
Right-click the sheet tab, select "View Code" and paste the above code into the code window.
Another possibility would be to create a helper column that reflects the values of column A depending on the values in another column. Insert a column between A and B and then use something like this in the (now) column B, starting in B1
=if(C1=1,"",A1)
Then you can hide column A if desired.
answered Apr 24 '13 at 8:24
teylyn
16.6k22438
There is still a way to somehow do something like this with a formula? (Somehow trick on him) [because in my work I can only use formula]
– Etan
Apr 24 '13 at 10:44
By the way: I found a formula that does something similar, so seems logical to me possible to do what I wanted. ---> Delete A1 cell if B1 is empty: =IF(ISBLANK(B1),"",A1)
– Etan
Apr 24 '13 at 10:54
Or possible to combine it with formula ---> =RIGHT(A1, LEN(A1)-1)
– Etan
Apr 24 '13 at 10:59
1
The formula =IF(ISBLANK(B1),"",A1) will not delete the value in cell A1. It will show or not show the value of A1 in the cell where the formula resides. No formula in any cell will change the value in A1. Any formula that changes A1 must be stored in A1. But you cannot have a value AND a formula in A1. Again, you can not change a cell value with a formula in another cell. You may want to re-think your data layout. Maybe you can show the desired result in another column.
– teylyn
Apr 24 '13 at 11:14
If you can only use formulas, you will need to use helper columns. I've updated my answer above.
– teylyn
Apr 24 '13 at 11:20
|
show 1 more comment
up vote
3
down vote
accepted
You cannot delete a value in a cell with a formula in another cell. That kind of job requires VBA.
You could have a worksheet change event evaluate column B. If a value in column B is changed by user input, the cell in colum A in the same row can be treated accordingly. For example
Option Explicit
Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
If Not Intersect(Target, Range("B:B")) Is Nothing Then
If Target = 1 Then
Range("A" & Target.Row).Clear
End If
End If
End Sub
Right-click the sheet tab, select "View Code" and paste the above code into the code window.
Another possibility would be to create a helper column that reflects the values of column A depending on the values in another column. Insert a column between A and B and then use something like this in the (now) column B, starting in B1
=if(C1=1,"",A1)
Then you can hide column A if desired.
answered Apr 24 '13 at 8:24
teylyn
16.6k22438
There is still a way to somehow do something like this with a formula? (Somehow trick on him) [because in my work I can only use formula]
– Etan
Apr 24 '13 at 10:44
By the way: I found a formula that does something similar, so seems logical to me possible to do what I wanted. ---> Delete A1 cell if B1 is empty: =IF(ISBLANK(B1),"",A1)
– Etan
Apr 24 '13 at 10:54
Or possible to combine it with formula ---> =RIGHT(A1, LEN(A1)-1)
– Etan
Apr 24 '13 at 10:59
1
The formula =IF(ISBLANK(B1),"",A1) will not delete the value in cell A1. It will show or not show the value of A1 in the cell where the formula resides. No formula in any cell will change the value in A1. Any formula that changes A1 must be stored in A1. But you cannot have a value AND a formula in A1. Again, you can not change a cell value with a formula in another cell. You may want to re-think your data layout. Maybe you can show the desired result in another column.
– teylyn
Apr 24 '13 at 11:14
If you can only use formulas, you will need to use helper columns. I've updated my answer above.
– teylyn
Apr 24 '13 at 11:20
|
show 1 more comment
up vote
3
down vote
accepted
up vote
3
down vote
accepted
You cannot delete a value in a cell with a formula in another cell. That kind of job requires VBA.
You could have a worksheet change event evaluate column B. If a value in column B is changed by user input, the cell in colum A in the same row can be treated accordingly. For example
Option Explicit
Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
If Not Intersect(Target, Range("B:B")) Is Nothing Then
If Target = 1 Then
Range("A" & Target.Row).Clear
End If
End If
End Sub
Right-click the sheet tab, select "View Code" and paste the above code into the code window.
Another possibility would be to create a helper column that reflects the values of column A depending on the values in another column. Insert a column between A and B and then use something like this in the (now) column B, starting in B1
=if(C1=1,"",A1)
Then you can hide column A if desired.
answered Apr 24 '13 at 8:24
teylyn
16.6k22438
You cannot delete a value in a cell with a formula in another cell. That kind of job requires VBA.
You could have a worksheet change event evaluate column B. If a value in column B is changed by user input, the cell in colum A in the same row can be treated accordingly. For example
Option Explicit
Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
If Not Intersect(Target, Range("B:B")) Is Nothing Then
If Target = 1 Then
Range("A" & Target.Row).Clear
End If
End If
End Sub
Right-click the sheet tab, select "View Code" and paste the above code into the code window.
Another possibility would be to create a helper column that reflects the values of column A depending on the values in another column. Insert a column between A and B and then use something like this in the (now) column B, starting in B1
=if(C1=1,"",A1)
Then you can hide column A if desired.
answered Apr 24 '13 at 8:24
teylyn
16.6k22438
edited Apr 24 '13 at 11:19
answered Apr 24 '13 at 8:24
teylyn
16.6k22438
answered Apr 24 '13 at 8:24
teylyn
16.6k22438
answered Apr 24 '13 at 8:24
teylyn
16.6k22438
16.6k22438
There is still a way to somehow do something like this with a formula? (Somehow trick on him) [because in my work I can only use formula]
– Etan
Apr 24 '13 at 10:44
By the way: I found a formula that does something similar, so seems logical to me possible to do what I wanted. ---> Delete A1 cell if B1 is empty: =IF(ISBLANK(B1),"",A1)
– Etan
Apr 24 '13 at 10:54
Or possible to combine it with formula ---> =RIGHT(A1, LEN(A1)-1)
– Etan
Apr 24 '13 at 10:59
1
The formula =IF(ISBLANK(B1),"",A1) will not delete the value in cell A1. It will show or not show the value of A1 in the cell where the formula resides. No formula in any cell will change the value in A1. Any formula that changes A1 must be stored in A1. But you cannot have a value AND a formula in A1. Again, you can not change a cell value with a formula in another cell. You may want to re-think your data layout. Maybe you can show the desired result in another column.
– teylyn
Apr 24 '13 at 11:14
If you can only use formulas, you will need to use helper columns. I've updated my answer above.
– teylyn
Apr 24 '13 at 11:20
|
show 1 more comment
There is still a way to somehow do something like this with a formula? (Somehow trick on him) [because in my work I can only use formula]
– Etan
Apr 24 '13 at 10:44
By the way: I found a formula that does something similar, so seems logical to me possible to do what I wanted. ---> Delete A1 cell if B1 is empty: =IF(ISBLANK(B1),"",A1)
– Etan
Apr 24 '13 at 10:54
Or possible to combine it with formula ---> =RIGHT(A1, LEN(A1)-1)
– Etan
Apr 24 '13 at 10:59
1
The formula =IF(ISBLANK(B1),"",A1) will not delete the value in cell A1. It will show or not show the value of A1 in the cell where the formula resides. No formula in any cell will change the value in A1. Any formula that changes A1 must be stored in A1. But you cannot have a value AND a formula in A1. Again, you can not change a cell value with a formula in another cell. You may want to re-think your data layout. Maybe you can show the desired result in another column.
– teylyn
Apr 24 '13 at 11:14
If you can only use formulas, you will need to use helper columns. I've updated my answer above.
– teylyn
Apr 24 '13 at 11:20
There is still a way to somehow do something like this with a formula? (Somehow trick on him) [because in my work I can only use formula]
– Etan
Apr 24 '13 at 10:44
There is still a way to somehow do something like this with a formula? (Somehow trick on him) [because in my work I can only use formula]
– Etan
Apr 24 '13 at 10:44
By the way: I found a formula that does something similar, so seems logical to me possible to do what I wanted. ---> Delete A1 cell if B1 is empty: =IF(ISBLANK(B1),"",A1)
– Etan
Apr 24 '13 at 10:54
By the way: I found a formula that does something similar, so seems logical to me possible to do what I wanted. ---> Delete A1 cell if B1 is empty: =IF(ISBLANK(B1),"",A1)
– Etan
Apr 24 '13 at 10:54
Or possible to combine it with formula ---> =RIGHT(A1, LEN(A1)-1)
– Etan
Apr 24 '13 at 10:59
Or possible to combine it with formula ---> =RIGHT(A1, LEN(A1)-1)
– Etan
Apr 24 '13 at 10:59
1
1
The formula =IF(ISBLANK(B1),"",A1) will not delete the value in cell A1. It will show or not show the value of A1 in the cell where the formula resides. No formula in any cell will change the value in A1. Any formula that changes A1 must be stored in A1. But you cannot have a value AND a formula in A1. Again, you can not change a cell value with a formula in another cell. You may want to re-think your data layout. Maybe you can show the desired result in another column.
– teylyn
Apr 24 '13 at 11:14
The formula =IF(ISBLANK(B1),"",A1) will not delete the value in cell A1. It will show or not show the value of A1 in the cell where the formula resides. No formula in any cell will change the value in A1. Any formula that changes A1 must be stored in A1. But you cannot have a value AND a formula in A1. Again, you can not change a cell value with a formula in another cell. You may want to re-think your data layout. Maybe you can show the desired result in another column.
– teylyn
Apr 24 '13 at 11:14
If you can only use formulas, you will need to use helper columns. I've updated my answer above.
– teylyn
Apr 24 '13 at 11:20
If you can only use formulas, you will need to use helper columns. I've updated my answer above.
– teylyn
Apr 24 '13 at 11:20
|
show 1 more comment
up vote
0
down vote
I know I'm late to the party, but another way would be to create a new column (let's say you have A column with your data, B column with your # identifier, and C as your formula column).
column A | Column B | Column C
Banana | 1 | (empty for now)
Phone | 0 | (empty for now)
Cheesecake | 3 | (empty for now)
From here, you'd do C1 with a formula of
=IF(B1=1,"",IF(B1=0,A1,"Value in B not 0 or 1"))
Essentially, if B1 is 1, it'll create a blank cell. If it's not 1, then it'll move on to see if it's 0. If it's 0, then it'll copy the contents of A1. If it's anything else than 0 or 1, you'll get the message that it's not 0 or 1. You can do whatever you like in that "catch". If you want the cell to stay exactly the same if it's not 0 or 1, you could shorten the formula to do something like if it's 1, then "", otherwise same value in A.
edited Mar 16 at 1:50
phuclv
8,88063788
answered Mar 15 at 23:10
RpTheHotrod
1
1
Welcome to Super User. Your approach is already covered in teylyn's answer, although you have a more correct version: consideration of B1=0, and explanation of how it works. Note, though, that this general approach may not work (the question doesn't contain enough information to know for the OP's case): 1. If col A contains formulas rather than hard-coded values, you can only reproduce the result shown in A, not the formula. As the question is written, the cell becomes empty with the desired action. With this solution, the formula can produce a new value if (cont'd)
– fixer1234
Mar 16 at 3:07
the underlying conditions change. 2. If the OP requires the original cell to be where the action is, you would need to either move columns around (same weakness as #1), or copy, paste-value. Copy/paste would take you back to needing VBA, anyway, and copying a null isn't the same as an empty cell, which could potentially affect other formulas. Suggesting a workaround or alternate approach is fine, but it would be helpful to include any caveats about how the result could be different based on conditions not stated in the question. But kudos for improving on teylyn's suggestion.
– fixer1234
Mar 16 at 3:07
add a comment |
up vote
0
down vote
I know I'm late to the party, but another way would be to create a new column (let's say you have A column with your data, B column with your # identifier, and C as your formula column).
column A | Column B | Column C
Banana | 1 | (empty for now)
Phone | 0 | (empty for now)
Cheesecake | 3 | (empty for now)
From here, you'd do C1 with a formula of
=IF(B1=1,"",IF(B1=0,A1,"Value in B not 0 or 1"))
Essentially, if B1 is 1, it'll create a blank cell. If it's not 1, then it'll move on to see if it's 0. If it's 0, then it'll copy the contents of A1. If it's anything else than 0 or 1, you'll get the message that it's not 0 or 1. You can do whatever you like in that "catch". If you want the cell to stay exactly the same if it's not 0 or 1, you could shorten the formula to do something like if it's 1, then "", otherwise same value in A.
edited Mar 16 at 1:50
phuclv
8,88063788
answered Mar 15 at 23:10
RpTheHotrod
1
1
Welcome to Super User. Your approach is already covered in teylyn's answer, although you have a more correct version: consideration of B1=0, and explanation of how it works. Note, though, that this general approach may not work (the question doesn't contain enough information to know for the OP's case): 1. If col A contains formulas rather than hard-coded values, you can only reproduce the result shown in A, not the formula. As the question is written, the cell becomes empty with the desired action. With this solution, the formula can produce a new value if (cont'd)
– fixer1234
Mar 16 at 3:07
the underlying conditions change. 2. If the OP requires the original cell to be where the action is, you would need to either move columns around (same weakness as #1), or copy, paste-value. Copy/paste would take you back to needing VBA, anyway, and copying a null isn't the same as an empty cell, which could potentially affect other formulas. Suggesting a workaround or alternate approach is fine, but it would be helpful to include any caveats about how the result could be different based on conditions not stated in the question. But kudos for improving on teylyn's suggestion.
– fixer1234
Mar 16 at 3:07
add a comment |
up vote
0
down vote
up vote
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down vote
I know I'm late to the party, but another way would be to create a new column (let's say you have A column with your data, B column with your # identifier, and C as your formula column).
column A | Column B | Column C
Banana | 1 | (empty for now)
Phone | 0 | (empty for now)
Cheesecake | 3 | (empty for now)
From here, you'd do C1 with a formula of
=IF(B1=1,"",IF(B1=0,A1,"Value in B not 0 or 1"))
Essentially, if B1 is 1, it'll create a blank cell. If it's not 1, then it'll move on to see if it's 0. If it's 0, then it'll copy the contents of A1. If it's anything else than 0 or 1, you'll get the message that it's not 0 or 1. You can do whatever you like in that "catch". If you want the cell to stay exactly the same if it's not 0 or 1, you could shorten the formula to do something like if it's 1, then "", otherwise same value in A.
edited Mar 16 at 1:50
phuclv
8,88063788
answered Mar 15 at 23:10
RpTheHotrod
1
I know I'm late to the party, but another way would be to create a new column (let's say you have A column with your data, B column with your # identifier, and C as your formula column).
column A | Column B | Column C
Banana | 1 | (empty for now)
Phone | 0 | (empty for now)
Cheesecake | 3 | (empty for now)
From here, you'd do C1 with a formula of
=IF(B1=1,"",IF(B1=0,A1,"Value in B not 0 or 1"))
Essentially, if B1 is 1, it'll create a blank cell. If it's not 1, then it'll move on to see if it's 0. If it's 0, then it'll copy the contents of A1. If it's anything else than 0 or 1, you'll get the message that it's not 0 or 1. You can do whatever you like in that "catch". If you want the cell to stay exactly the same if it's not 0 or 1, you could shorten the formula to do something like if it's 1, then "", otherwise same value in A.
edited Mar 16 at 1:50
phuclv
8,88063788
answered Mar 15 at 23:10
RpTheHotrod
1
edited Mar 16 at 1:50
phuclv
8,88063788
edited Mar 16 at 1:50
phuclv
8,88063788
edited Mar 16 at 1:50
phuclv
8,88063788
8,88063788
answered Mar 15 at 23:10
RpTheHotrod
1
answered Mar 15 at 23:10
RpTheHotrod
1
answered Mar 15 at 23:10
RpTheHotrod
1
1
1
Welcome to Super User. Your approach is already covered in teylyn's answer, although you have a more correct version: consideration of B1=0, and explanation of how it works. Note, though, that this general approach may not work (the question doesn't contain enough information to know for the OP's case): 1. If col A contains formulas rather than hard-coded values, you can only reproduce the result shown in A, not the formula. As the question is written, the cell becomes empty with the desired action. With this solution, the formula can produce a new value if (cont'd)
– fixer1234
Mar 16 at 3:07
the underlying conditions change. 2. If the OP requires the original cell to be where the action is, you would need to either move columns around (same weakness as #1), or copy, paste-value. Copy/paste would take you back to needing VBA, anyway, and copying a null isn't the same as an empty cell, which could potentially affect other formulas. Suggesting a workaround or alternate approach is fine, but it would be helpful to include any caveats about how the result could be different based on conditions not stated in the question. But kudos for improving on teylyn's suggestion.
– fixer1234
Mar 16 at 3:07
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Welcome to Super User. Your approach is already covered in teylyn's answer, although you have a more correct version: consideration of B1=0, and explanation of how it works. Note, though, that this general approach may not work (the question doesn't contain enough information to know for the OP's case): 1. If col A contains formulas rather than hard-coded values, you can only reproduce the result shown in A, not the formula. As the question is written, the cell becomes empty with the desired action. With this solution, the formula can produce a new value if (cont'd)
– fixer1234
Mar 16 at 3:07
the underlying conditions change. 2. If the OP requires the original cell to be where the action is, you would need to either move columns around (same weakness as #1), or copy, paste-value. Copy/paste would take you back to needing VBA, anyway, and copying a null isn't the same as an empty cell, which could potentially affect other formulas. Suggesting a workaround or alternate approach is fine, but it would be helpful to include any caveats about how the result could be different based on conditions not stated in the question. But kudos for improving on teylyn's suggestion.
– fixer1234
Mar 16 at 3:07
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Welcome to Super User. Your approach is already covered in teylyn's answer, although you have a more correct version: consideration of B1=0, and explanation of how it works. Note, though, that this general approach may not work (the question doesn't contain enough information to know for the OP's case): 1. If col A contains formulas rather than hard-coded values, you can only reproduce the result shown in A, not the formula. As the question is written, the cell becomes empty with the desired action. With this solution, the formula can produce a new value if (cont'd)
– fixer1234
Mar 16 at 3:07
Welcome to Super User. Your approach is already covered in teylyn's answer, although you have a more correct version: consideration of B1=0, and explanation of how it works. Note, though, that this general approach may not work (the question doesn't contain enough information to know for the OP's case): 1. If col A contains formulas rather than hard-coded values, you can only reproduce the result shown in A, not the formula. As the question is written, the cell becomes empty with the desired action. With this solution, the formula can produce a new value if (cont'd)
– fixer1234
Mar 16 at 3:07
the underlying conditions change. 2. If the OP requires the original cell to be where the action is, you would need to either move columns around (same weakness as #1), or copy, paste-value. Copy/paste would take you back to needing VBA, anyway, and copying a null isn't the same as an empty cell, which could potentially affect other formulas. Suggesting a workaround or alternate approach is fine, but it would be helpful to include any caveats about how the result could be different based on conditions not stated in the question. But kudos for improving on teylyn's suggestion.
– fixer1234
Mar 16 at 3:07
the underlying conditions change. 2. If the OP requires the original cell to be where the action is, you would need to either move columns around (same weakness as #1), or copy, paste-value. Copy/paste would take you back to needing VBA, anyway, and copying a null isn't the same as an empty cell, which could potentially affect other formulas. Suggesting a workaround or alternate approach is fine, but it would be helpful to include any caveats about how the result could be different based on conditions not stated in the question. But kudos for improving on teylyn's suggestion.
– fixer1234
Mar 16 at 3:07
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