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Old 16th Jun 2015, 07:58
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ExGrunt
 
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Hi Capot,

The @functions in excel are included to allow a degree of compatibility with Lotus 1-2-3. There is no guarantee that they will be retained or that they will function consistently. However, your post did remind me that cell formatting may be a better and cleaner way forward.

Excel custom formatting (select cell - right click - select format - click number - select custom) has the following structure:

positive number format;negative number format;zero format;text format

eg:
* #,##0;-* #,##0;"";@

will display a blank cell for any zero value without having to use any formulae.

HTH

EG

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