Same formulas, but one returns a #DIV/0! error

[Judy]

In one cell I have the formula
=IF(ISBLANK(C16)," ",G16/C16)
which returns a 0 value in a particular cell if the numbers in the
corresponding cells are 0.

The problem is, I have the same formula copied to reflect a different row's
calculations
=IF(ISBLANK(C23)," ",G23/C23)
but see instead a #DIV/0! instead of a 0.

What am I missing?

Thank you for your time.

 

[Dave Peterson]

Maybe you can just check to see if the cell is empty or equal to 0?

=IF(C23=0,"",G23/C23)

 

[JE McGimpsey]

What am I missing?

What's in C23?

For instance if you have a space in C23 (and Tools/Options/Compatibility
- Transition formula evaluation checked) you'll get #DIV/0.

 

[JLatham]

In those cases where you're seeing the #DIV/0! error, the cell in column C
probably has an 'invisible character, such as " " (a single space).

Best way to handle this is to specifically look for an error condition:
=IF(ISERR(G23/C23),"",G23/C23)
same for the other formulas as = IF(ISERR(G16/C16),"",G16/C16)
etc. etc.

 

[Peo Sjoblom]

Try this

=IF(C23=0,"",G23/C23)

If C23 is empty then it equals zero in this formula





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Regards,


Peo Sjoblom

 

[Peo Sjoblom]

In those cases where you're seeing the #DIV/0! error, the cell in column C
probably has an 'invisible character, such as " " (a single space).

Best way to handle this is to specifically look for an error condition:
=IF(ISERR(G23/C23),"",G23/C23)
same for the other formulas as = IF(ISERR(G16/C16),"",G16/C16)
etc. etc.

I beg to disagree, it is better to go to the root of the problem, ISERR
might hide errors that are beneficial to know that they exit whereas the div
error derives from dividing by zero and can be easily fixed by

C23=0


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Regards,


Peo Sjoblom

 

[Judy]

Thank you so much for the responses. This suggestion worked...sort of.

After using the suggested formula I have a blank cell (no more errors!) but
the cell formatting is lost. So even though the cell formatting indicates
percentage with one decimal point (the cell should read 0.0%) it is blank
instead.

I'll keep trying....

 

[Peo Sjoblom]

So, whatever you put in the if formula will be returned, just change it to

=IF(C23=0,0,G23/C23)


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Regards,


Peo Sjoblom