Dividing zero by zero
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From: TJE on 1 Mar 2010 07:23 Mike, I'm having a similar problem, I have two columns of numbers where either or both arguments can be zero. I want to turn this into a percentage, returning 0 if appropriate. How do you add to the formula you've recommended to cover both arguments - e.g. if I want to calculate A5/A10 and A5 and A10 are both zero? Using the answer you gave is fine for the first column but I've been unable to amend it to cover the second column? "Mike H" wrote: > By far the simplest way is to check if the cell contains zero > > =IF(B1=0,"",A1/B1) > > Mike > > "Sanjeev Raghavan" wrote: > > > In my work sheet 2 column with numbers and in some columns both numbers are > > zeros. Is there any forlume I can use in order to get zero as result not > > #DIV/0! > > Please advice. > > Sanjeev
From: Roger Govier on 1 Mar 2010 08:26 Hi TJE It doesn't mater if the Dividend is 0, you only need to check the Divisor to ensure you don't get a Divide by zero error. If you want a 0 as the result then amend the formula to =IF(A10=0,0,A5/A10) -- Regards Roger Govier TJE wrote: > Mike, I'm having a similar problem, I have two columns of numbers where > either or both arguments can be zero. I want to turn this into a percentage, > returning 0 if appropriate. > > How do you add to the formula you've recommended to cover both arguments - > e.g. if I want to calculate A5/A10 and A5 and A10 are both zero? Using the > answer you gave is fine for the first column but I've been unable to amend it > to cover the second column? > > > "Mike H" wrote: > >> By far the simplest way is to check if the cell contains zero >> >> =IF(B1=0,"",A1/B1) >> >> Mike >> >> "Sanjeev Raghavan" wrote: >> >>> In my work sheet 2 column with numbers and in some columns both numbers are >>> zeros. Is there any forlume I can use in order to get zero as result not >>> #DIV/0! >>> Please advice. >>> Sanjeev
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