Formula Errors / #Value!

I made a template with my formulas and I have some lines that I need to put
zero's in so I won't get #VALUE! where my formula is. For example: J16*K17
is the formula for L17. I have to put zeros in my J & K columns if I'm not
using them or my L17 shows #VALUE! The first 5 or so lines do it but then
the rest are fine. The other L cells just have zeros until I put in the
figures that I want in the J & K. If I'm doing a quote and don't use all the
lines, I get these errors on the unused ones.
Hope I'm not being too confusing! Help!!!
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Mary Lou

Dave
Thu May 08 16:48:03 CDT 2008

Hi,
Instead of J16*K17, try:
IF(ISERR(J16*K17),"",J16*K17)
This will still give the right answer when data is present, but will leave
the cell blank when not.
Regards - Dave

"Mary Lou" wrote:

> I made a template with my formulas and I have some lines that I need to put
> zero's in so I won't get #VALUE! where my formula is. For example: J16*K17
> is the formula for L17. I have to put zeros in my J & K columns if I'm not
> using them or my L17 shows #VALUE! The first 5 or so lines do it but then
> the rest are fine. The other L cells just have zeros until I put in the
> figures that I want in the J & K. If I'm doing a quote and don't use all the
> lines, I get these errors on the unused ones.
> Hope I'm not being too confusing! Help!!!
> --
> Mary Lou

Gord
Fri May 09 13:18:39 CDT 2008

=J16*K17 should not show an error in L17 if either or both is empty.

L17 should just display a zero since blank cell * blank cell = 0

Is there something else you're not telling us?

If you don't want L17 to display a zero enter this formula

=IF(AND(J16="",K17=""),"",J16*K17)

But please post back with clarification about contents of J16 and K17 that would
produce the #VALUE!


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Thu, 8 May 2008 13:44:01 -0700, Mary Lou <MaryLou@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:

>I made a template with my formulas and I have some lines that I need to put
>zero's in so I won't get #VALUE! where my formula is. For example: J16*K17
>is the formula for L17. I have to put zeros in my J & K columns if I'm not
>using them or my L17 shows #VALUE! The first 5 or so lines do it but then
>the rest are fine. The other L cells just have zeros until I put in the
>figures that I want in the J & K. If I'm doing a quote and don't use all the
>lines, I get these errors on the unused ones.
>Hope I'm not being too confusing! Help!!!