Excel formula not recognising cells with a General format

creative999

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Hi

I have a CSV and im copying / pasting the data into another excel sheet. The new excel sheet has a formula in C2: =IF(SUM(--(A2:B2="1")),"Y").
When i copy the csv, cells A:B are formatted at 'General' and when i paste the data into C2 it returns a FALSE value instead of 'Y".

I have to change the format of A:B to 'TEXT' and then manually re enter the values, only then does the formula in C2 return the correct value.

Any suggestions how i can fix this without manually reentering the "1" values in A and B?
 

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It sounds like when you paste the data, it is being pasted as numeric. But your formula explicitly looks for text. Try changing your formula to
Excel Formula:
=IF(SUM(--(A2:B2=1)),"Y")
or an alternative
Excel Formula:
=IF(COUNTIF(A2:B2,1)>0,"Y")
 
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Solution
It sounds like when you paste the data, it is being pasted as numeric. But your formula explicitly looks for text. Try changing your formula to
Excel Formula:
=IF(SUM(--(A2:B2=1)),"Y")
or an alternative
Excel Formula:
=IF(COUNTIF(A2:B2,1)>0,"Y")
Perfect - thank you.
 
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