small function, but don't count blanks

jimblimm

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My data

A1:a8

00

02
04

56

99

I am trying to make a small( function work that will not count blank cells

my values in b1:f1 should be

b1=00, c1=02, d1=04, e1=56, f1=99
 

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Working here. My values are numbers formatted as Custom, "00". If you have text values it will fail

Excel Workbook
ABCDEF
1010102045699
2
302
404
5
656
7
899
CA Invoices
 
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'00 is text not a number so you won't be able to perform math with it.

Just enter 0, select the cell, press CTRL + 1, click Custom, in the box type 00 and click OK.
 
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