#value error

Larry Fish

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I get an #value. I know the reason for this but I would rather leave cells blank than put a Zero in them. Is there a way around this? This is the formula that causes the error.

=if(b4<5,b4,5)

Thanks for the help!!

Larry
 

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Larry Fish said:
I get an #value. I know the reason for this but I would rather leave cells blank than put a Zero in them. Is there a way around this? This is the formula that causes the error.

=if(b4<5,b4,5)

Thanks for the help!!

Larry

What is in B4, a #VALUE! error. If so:

=IF(ISNUMBER((B4 < 5)+0), B4, 5)
 
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Aladin:

I think there's an error in this formula
Code:
 =IF(ISNUMBER((B4 < 5)+0), B4, 5)

If B4 = 6, this returns 6. But, I believe the OP's intention was to return 5.

Perhaps this would suit:

Code:
 =IF(ISNUMBER(B4),IF(B4<5,B4,5),5)
 
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Oaktree said:
Aladin:

I think there's an error in this formula
Code:
 =IF(ISNUMBER((B4 < 5)+0), B4, 5)

If B4 = 6, this returns 6. But, I believe the OP's intention was to return 5.

Perhaps this would suit:

Code:
 =IF(ISNUMBER(B4),IF(B4<5,B4,5),5)

Right. Continuing in the same vein of the original:

=IF(SUM(ISNUMBER(B4 < 5)+0), B4, 5)
 
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