Get rid of #N/A when using a vlookup

[JC]

In Column A i've got a drop down box of Customer Names and in column B i have
a vlookup to give me the sales rep who calls on those customers in column A.
When column A is not filled out, column B shows #N/A. Is there a way to
tell Excel to leave the cell blank until Column A is filled out?

 

[Niek Otten]

=IF(ISNA(YourFormula),"",YourFormula)

In Excel 2007:

=IFERROR(YourFormula,"")


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Kind regards,

Niek Otten
Microsoft MVP - Excel

| In Column A i've got a drop down box of Customer Names and in column B i have
| a vlookup to give me the sales rep who calls on those customers in column A.
| When column A is not filled out, column B shows #N/A. Is there a way to
| tell Excel to leave the cell blank until Column A is filled out?

 

[T. Valko]

One way:

=IF(A1="","",VLOOKUP(A1,..............))