Isolating non-numeric data in an IF statement
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I am trying to run, what I would think is a fairly simply formula, though I am having trouble finding any information on-line.
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If I have a range of ‘numbers’ and ‘words’ in one column I am looking for an IF statement that I can use to return an ‘error’ or non-numeric value if there is a non-numeric value in the range.
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Example:
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A7 : =SUM(A1:A5) - A numeric value was returned, even when non-numeric values
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C7 : =IF((C1:C5)=‘non-numeric value’),”ERROR”,SUM(C1:C5))
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I am trying to run, what I would think is a fairly simply formula, though I am having trouble finding any information on-line.
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If I have a range of ‘numbers’ and ‘words’ in one column I am looking for an IF statement that I can use to return an ‘error’ or non-numeric value if there is a non-numeric value in the range.
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A7 : =SUM(A1:A5) - A numeric value was returned, even when non-numeric values
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C7 : =IF((C1:C5)=‘non-numeric value’),”ERROR”,SUM(C1:C5))
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