IF text value in column A, SUM Column B+C, Otherwise Display Zero

[Analyst 007]

Having a hard time finding another thread addressing this exact situation. Hopefully someone can help:

IF there is a text value in column A, I want to SUM Column B+C. If there is no text value in column A, I want to display 0 (zero).

Greatly appreciate any help.

Thanks,
Andy

 

[Scott Huish]

Hi, welcome to the board!!

=(B1+C1)*ISTEXT(A1)

 

[FastFixFox]

This should accomplish what you are looking to do.

=IF(ISTEXT(A1)=TRUE,SUM(B1,C1),0)

 

[Analyst 007]

Ok, Just tried that. but it seems to just be summing B+C regardless. A1 is a Vlookup formula, which in many cases displays nothing. I'd like to keep my workbook live but do I need to do a copy/paste values to get my desired result?

 

[Scott Huish]

Are you displaying "" in Column A because that would be considered text, it's an empty string.
Perhaps this would work better for you:
=(B1+C1)*(A1<>"")

 

[Tetra201]

... IF there is a text value in column A, I want to SUM Column B+C. If there is no text value in column A, I want to display 0 (zero).

This will return the sum only if A1 evaluates to text (not empty string, not number, not date/time):

=(B1+C1)*ISTEXT(A1)*(LEN(A1)>0)

 

[Analyst 007]

Thanks Scott, however this seemed to sum it regardless of the value or not. The VLOOKUP in column A does not include "". I did figure out another way to do it by changing my Column A source to Column X.

 

[Scott Huish]

That's really strange:

<b>Sheet1</b><br /><br /><table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-family:Calibri,Arial; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff; padding-left:2pt; padding-right:2pt; "> <colgroup><col style="font-weight:bold; width:30px; " /><col style="width:64px;" /><col style="width:64px;" /><col style="width:64px;" /><col style="width:64px;" /></colgroup><tr style="background-color:#cacaca; text-align:center; font-weight:bold; font-size:8pt; "><td > </td><td >A</td><td >B</td><td >C</td><td >D</td></tr><tr style="height:18px ;" ><td style="font-size:8pt; background-color:#cacaca; text-align:center; " >1</td><td > </td><td style="text-align:right; ">7</td><td style="text-align:right; ">4</td><td style="text-align:right; ">0</td></tr><tr style="height:18px ;" ><td style="font-size:8pt; background-color:#cacaca; text-align:center; " >2</td><td >b</td><td style="text-align:right; ">7</td><td style="text-align:right; ">4</td><td style="text-align:right; ">11</td></tr></table><br /><table style="font-family:Arial; font-size:10pt; border-style: groove ;border-color:#00ff00;background-color:#fffcf9; color:#000000; "><tr><td ><b>Spreadsheet Formulas</b></td></tr><tr><td ><table border = "1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" style="font-family:Arial; font-size:9pt;"><tr style="background-color:#cacaca; font-size:10pt;"><td >Cell</td><td >Formula</td></tr><tr><td >D1</td><td >=(B1+C1)*(A1<>"")</td></tr><tr><td >D2</td><td >=(B2+C2)*(A2<>"")</td></tr></table></td></tr></table> <br /><br /><span style="font-family:Arial; font-size:9pt; font-weight:bold;background-color:#ffffff; color:#000000; ">Excel tables to the web >> </span>

I'm glad you got it to work.