Formula to exclude blanks in an IF statement

Connie Cochran
Connie Cochran ✭✭✭✭
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I am trying to write a formula that compares two columns and returns a yes or no if they are equal but I don't want it to recognize a blank field as being different. How would I write that?

=IF([Estimated number of participants]@row = [Confirmed Participant Volume]@row, "No", "Yes")

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  • Paul McGuinness
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    Hi@Connie Cochran

    Not sure if the blank applied to either column so this formula allows for either.

    If the columns match or either column is blank it will return a 'No' otherwise 'Yes'

    =IF(OR(ISBLANK([Confirmed Participant Volume]@row),ISBLANK([Estimated number of participants]@row),[Estimated number of participants]@row = [Confirmed Participant Volume]@row), "No", "Yes")

    Hope that helps

    Thanks

    Paul

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Try this:<\/p>

=IF(COUNT(CHILDREN()) = 0, IF(OR(Done@row = 1, [N\/A]@row = 1), 1, 0), AVG(CHILDREN()))<\/p>"}]}},"status":{"statusID":3,"name":"Accepted","state":"closed","recordType":"discussion","recordSubType":"question"},"bookmarked":false,"unread":false,"category":{"categoryID":322,"name":"Formulas and Functions","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/categories\/formulas-and-functions","allowedDiscussionTypes":[]},"reactions":[{"tagID":3,"urlcode":"Promote","name":"Promote","class":"Positive","hasReacted":false,"reactionValue":5,"count":0},{"tagID":5,"urlcode":"Insightful","name":"Insightful","class":"Positive","hasReacted":false,"reactionValue":1,"count":0},{"tagID":11,"urlcode":"Up","name":"Vote Up","class":"Positive","hasReacted":false,"reactionValue":1,"count":0},{"tagID":13,"urlcode":"Awesome","name":"Awesome","class":"Positive","hasReacted":false,"reactionValue":1,"count":0}],"tags":[]},{"discussionID":108195,"type":"question","name":"COUNTIF Function Not Working Correctly","excerpt":"Hello, I have a COUNTIF function I am using to count all cells that are 'Blank' in a column. We should have one result, but the formula is showing as zero. Any thoughts on this one? =COUNTIF([Account Dashboard]:[Account Dashboard], \" \")","snippet":"Hello, I have a COUNTIF function I am using to count all cells that are 'Blank' in a column. We should have one result, but the formula is showing as zero. Any thoughts on this…","categoryID":322,"dateInserted":"2023-07-27T16:41:32+00:00","dateUpdated":null,"dateLastComment":"2023-07-27T19:11:08+00:00","insertUserID":164192,"insertUser":{"userID":164192,"name":"ewitt19205","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/ewitt19205","photoUrl":"https:\/\/aws.smartsheet.com\/storageProxy\/image\/images\/u!1!mo_vH-5dWnI!5OcveUI6Zjo!UtWovaSRry_","dateLastActive":"2023-07-27T19:07:23+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false,"label":"✭"},"updateUserID":null,"lastUserID":164192,"lastUser":{"userID":164192,"name":"ewitt19205","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/ewitt19205","photoUrl":"https:\/\/aws.smartsheet.com\/storageProxy\/image\/images\/u!1!mo_vH-5dWnI!5OcveUI6Zjo!UtWovaSRry_","dateLastActive":"2023-07-27T19:07:23+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false,"label":"✭"},"pinned":false,"pinLocation":null,"closed":false,"sink":false,"countComments":2,"countViews":21,"score":null,"hot":3380962360,"url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/108195\/countif-function-not-working-correctly","canonicalUrl":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/108195\/countif-function-not-working-correctly","format":"Rich","lastPost":{"discussionID":108195,"commentID":387638,"name":"Re: COUNTIF Function Not Working Correctly","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/comment\/387638#Comment_387638","dateInserted":"2023-07-27T19:11:08+00:00","insertUserID":164192,"insertUser":{"userID":164192,"name":"ewitt19205","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/ewitt19205","photoUrl":"https:\/\/aws.smartsheet.com\/storageProxy\/image\/images\/u!1!mo_vH-5dWnI!5OcveUI6Zjo!UtWovaSRry_","dateLastActive":"2023-07-27T19:07:23+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false,"label":"✭"}},"breadcrumbs":[{"name":"Home","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/"},{"name":"Get Help","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/categories\/get-help"},{"name":"Formulas and Functions","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/categories\/formulas-and-functions"}],"groupID":null,"statusID":3,"attributes":{"question":{"status":"accepted","dateAccepted":"2023-07-27T19:10:56+00:00","dateAnswered":"2023-07-27T16:47:29+00:00","acceptedAnswers":[{"commentID":387588,"body":"

Hi @ewitt19205<\/a> <\/p>

Try removing the space between the quotes. You are counting all cells with 1 space in the cell. Blanks are counted with the quotes together.<\/p>

When counting blanks though, its also good to use a COUNTIFS and compare the blank off another column that always has a value. Like Countifs when the Project name is not blank (<>\"//www.santa-greenland.com/community/discussion/105228/\") and the Account Dashboard is blank (\"//www.santa-greenland.com/community/discussion/105228/\").<\/p>

I hope that helps.<\/p>

Thanks,<\/p>

Matt<\/p>"}]}},"status":{"statusID":3,"name":"Accepted","state":"closed","recordType":"discussion","recordSubType":"question"},"bookmarked":false,"unread":false,"category":{"categoryID":322,"name":"Formulas and Functions","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/categories\/formulas-and-functions","allowedDiscussionTypes":[]},"reactions":[{"tagID":3,"urlcode":"Promote","name":"Promote","class":"Positive","hasReacted":false,"reactionValue":5,"count":0},{"tagID":5,"urlcode":"Insightful","name":"Insightful","class":"Positive","hasReacted":false,"reactionValue":1,"count":0},{"tagID":11,"urlcode":"Up","name":"Vote Up","class":"Positive","hasReacted":false,"reactionValue":1,"count":0},{"tagID":13,"urlcode":"Awesome","name":"Awesome","class":"Positive","hasReacted":false,"reactionValue":1,"count":0}],"tags":[]},{"discussionID":108186,"type":"question","name":"Index\/Collect does not work with < symbol","excerpt":"Hi there, I am using the INDEX COLLECT formulas to get a value if a number is between two ranges. The issue is that I'm getting an #INVALID VALUE error in the following formula: =INDEX(COLLECT({TotalRiskFactor}, {RangeStart}, >=[Risk Score]@row, {RangeEnd}, <=[Risk Score]@row), 1) The problem is with the \"<\" symbol in the…","snippet":"Hi there, I am using the INDEX COLLECT formulas to get a value if a number is between two ranges. The issue is that I'm getting an #INVALID VALUE error in the following formula:…","categoryID":322,"dateInserted":"2023-07-27T14:55:04+00:00","dateUpdated":null,"dateLastComment":"2023-07-27T18:38:27+00:00","insertUserID":122906,"insertUser":{"userID":122906,"name":"Cesar Perez","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/Cesar%20Perez","photoUrl":"https:\/\/aws.smartsheet.com\/storageProxy\/image\/images\/u!1!2uFV_3dM1no!ndnWXxsFlTw!JCwGNa_KQWy","dateLastActive":"2023-07-27T19:31:15+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false,"label":"✭✭"},"updateUserID":null,"lastUserID":45516,"lastUser":{"userID":45516,"name":"Paul Newcome","title":"","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/Paul%20Newcome","photoUrl":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6031209\/uploads\/userpics\/082\/nQPUTVFKKWDJ2.jpg","dateLastActive":"2023-07-27T19:59:27+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false,"label":"✭✭✭✭✭✭"},"pinned":false,"pinLocation":null,"closed":false,"sink":false,"countComments":4,"countViews":32,"score":null,"hot":3380955211,"url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/108186\/index-collect-does-not-work-with-symbol","canonicalUrl":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/108186\/index-collect-does-not-work-with-symbol","format":"Rich","tagIDs":[254],"lastPost":{"discussionID":108186,"commentID":387609,"name":"Re: Index\/Collect does not work with < symbol","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/comment\/387609#Comment_387609","dateInserted":"2023-07-27T18:38:27+00:00","insertUserID":45516,"insertUser":{"userID":45516,"name":"Paul Newcome","title":"","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/Paul%20Newcome","photoUrl":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6031209\/uploads\/userpics\/082\/nQPUTVFKKWDJ2.jpg","dateLastActive":"2023-07-27T19:59:27+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false,"label":"✭✭✭✭✭✭"}},"breadcrumbs":[{"name":"Home","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/"},{"name":"Get Help","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/categories\/get-help"},{"name":"Formulas and Functions","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/categories\/formulas-and-functions"}],"groupID":null,"statusID":3,"image":{"url":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6031209\/uploads\/JURDPT6GMX1Y\/formula.png","urlSrcSet":{"10":"","300":"","800":"","1200":"","1600":""},"alt":"Formula.png"},"attributes":{"question":{"status":"accepted","dateAccepted":"2023-07-27T15:36:00+00:00","dateAnswered":"2023-07-27T15:02:42+00:00","acceptedAnswers":[{"commentID":387556,"body":"

The issue is with your arguments overall. Using the Score of 40 (as in your examples)...<\/p>


<\/p>

The score start range has to be 40 or greater, but the range end has to be less than or equal to 40.<\/p>


<\/p>

Try reversing it so that the start is less than the score and the end is greater than the score.<\/p>


<\/p>

Take a look at the second piece in your destination file. The formula is not throwing an error, but it is also not pulling the correct value in. It should be pulling in Moderate because 40 is between 35 and 54, but it is pulling in Moderate-High because that is the first entry where the Range Start is greater than 40.<\/p>"},{"commentID":387563,"body":"

You have your greater than and less than backwards. Your formula is saying to looking for the start date to be greater than 40 and the 35 is less than 40.<\/p>"}]}},"status":{"statusID":3,"name":"Accepted","state":"closed","recordType":"discussion","recordSubType":"question"},"bookmarked":false,"unread":false,"category":{"categoryID":322,"name":"Formulas and Functions","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/categories\/formulas-and-functions","allowedDiscussionTypes":[]},"reactions":[{"tagID":3,"urlcode":"Promote","name":"Promote","class":"Positive","hasReacted":false,"reactionValue":5,"count":0},{"tagID":5,"urlcode":"Insightful","name":"Insightful","class":"Positive","hasReacted":false,"reactionValue":1,"count":0},{"tagID":11,"urlcode":"Up","name":"Vote Up","class":"Positive","hasReacted":false,"reactionValue":1,"count":0},{"tagID":13,"urlcode":"Awesome","name":"Awesome","class":"Positive","hasReacted":false,"reactionValue":1,"count":0}],"tags":[{"tagID":254,"urlcode":"Formulas","name":"Formulas"}]}],"initialPaging":{"nextURL":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/api\/v2\/discussions?page=2&categoryID=322&includeChildCategories=1&type%5B0%5D=Question&excludeHiddenCategories=1&sort=-hot&limit=3&expand%5B0%5D=all&expand%5B1%5D=-body&expand%5B2%5D=insertUser&expand%5B3%5D=lastUser&status=accepted","prevURL":null,"currentPage":1,"total":10000,"limit":3},"title":"Trending in Formulas and Functions ","subtitle":null,"description":null,"noCheckboxes":true,"containerOptions":[],"discussionOptions":[]}">

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