copy if

[Derek]

I want to copy data from one cell to another, but only if a 3rd cell has data
example
M3=A2(if A1 has data)

do i need a macro for this

 

[FSt1]

hi
in m2 enter...
=if(A1="","",A2)

regards
FSt1

 

[JLatham]

if A1 is numeric:
=IF(A1<>0,A2,0) or =IF(A1<>0,A2,"")
and if A1 is text
=IF(A1<>"",A2,0) or =IF(A1<>"",A2,"")

 

[Joe User]

if A1 is numeric:
=IF(A1<>0,A2,0) or =IF(A1<>0,A2,"")

And what if A1 "has data", but it is zero? Rhetorical question.

and if A1 is text
=IF(A1<>"",A2,0) or =IF(A1<>"",A2,"")

That is also the correct way to determine if A1 "has data" that is numeric.


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[JLatham]

No argument with the <>0 issue - the data itself could be zero. As for the
other, I like to do it that way when I'm explicitly looking for text entries
in a cell, although might even consider using ISBLANK() but we don't know
that the cell to be tested has a formula or not.