If function for #N/A

[bartoni]

Hi,

Im looking to create an IF function which replaces N/A with a zero. How do i write it. The column which contains the N/A's also contains number and I need those left.

Ive tried

=IF(D1="#", d1, 0) which should leave numerical values and replace everything else with zeros but it doenst work.....


Any ideas?

Thanks

 

[just_jon]

=IF(ISNA(D1),0,D1)

 

[bartoni]

thanks,

Can you tell me what the difference is between your formula and my formula in the way that Excel interprets it?

 

[just_jon]

thanks,

Can you tell me what the difference is between your formula and my formula in the way that Excel interprets it?

Your formula is checking only to see if the exact cell contents of D1 are a literal pound sign.

So, that's the only thing that would show up, everything else would translate to a zero.

My formula will check to see if D1 results in the NA error, or has NA entered in the cell. If so, return zero; all other cases, including other than NA errors, are returned.