"Hiding" formulas

[Veronica Johnson]

Hi,

I'm using the vlookup function for a spreadsheet and have copied my
formula down the bottom of the page. So now, those cells show #N/A
because I have not yet entered the vendor information into the first
column to populate the other columns. Is there a way to hide those #N/
A's so I don't have to see them?

I tried protecting and hiding those cells, but it didn't work like I
had hoped. Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Veronica

 

[Marcelo]

hi, Veronica,

try to use:

if(iserror(vlookup(.......),""),vlookup(...........))

hth

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regards from Brazil
Thanks in advance for your feedback.
Marcelo



"Veronica Johnson" escreveu:

 

[Veronica Johnson]

hi, Veronica,

try to use:

if(iserror(vlookup(.......),""),vlookup(...........))

hth

--
regards from Brazil
Thanks in advance for your feedback.
Marcelo

"Veronica Johnson" escreveu:







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Hi, it told me that there were too many arguments entered. Any other
suggestions?

 

[Cheese_whiz]

See if this works:

if(iserror(vlookup(.......)), "", vlookup(...........))

CW

 

[Gord Dibben]

Veronica

Try similar to this

=IF(ISNA(VLOOKUP(G2,$C$1:$F$31,2,FALSE)),"",VLOOKUP(G2,$C$1:$F$31,2,FALSE))

ISNA is preferable to ISERROR because ISERROR masks any and all errors.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

 

[David Biddulph]

I think Marcelo may have intended to say:

=if(iserror(vlookup(.......)),"",vlookup(...........))
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David Biddulph


Hi, it told me that there were too many arguments entered. Any other
suggestions?

 

[Veronica Johnson]

Veronica

Try similar to this    

=IF(ISNA(VLOOKUP(G2,$C$1:$F$31,2,FALSE)),"",VLOOKUP(G2,$C$1:$F$31,2,FALSE))

ISNA is preferable to ISERROR because ISERROR masks any and all errors.

Gord Dibben  MS Excel MVP  




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Hi Gentleman,

Thank you so much! Both these options worked perfectly! I appreciate
your help.

-Veronica