{"id":3926,"date":"2019-01-09T13:06:54","date_gmt":"2019-01-09T13:06:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/?p=3926"},"modified":"2024-03-29T14:12:04","modified_gmt":"2024-03-29T14:12:04","slug":"if-cell-is-not-blank-then-do-if-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/formulas\/if-cell-is-not-blank-then-do-if-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"Excel &#8211; If Cell is Not Blank, then do IF Statement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-6d76fac6-0898-4f1f-8d50-c7c1a6402ed7\" href=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/If-Cell-is-Not-Blank-then-do-IF-Statement.xlsx\">If-Cell-is-Not-Blank-then-do-IF-Statement<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/If-Cell-is-Not-Blank-then-do-IF-Statement.xlsx\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-6d76fac6-0898-4f1f-8d50-c7c1a6402ed7\">Download File<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want a formula that inserts a text, instead of leaving blank cells, you can use the <a href=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/en\/functions\/isblank\">ISBLANK function<\/a>. This function returns <strong>TRUE<\/strong> if a referenced cell is empty or <strong>FALSE<\/strong> if it contains any other value.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s how it works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"218\" height=\"140\" src=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/isblank-example.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3928\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In this example, only <strong>B4<\/strong> returns <strong>TRUE<\/strong>. <strong>B2<\/strong> returns <strong>FALSE<\/strong> because there is a space inside cell <strong>A2<\/strong> which is not visible here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, if we connect the <a href=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/functions\/isblank\/\">ISBLANK function<\/a> with the <a href=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/en\/functions\/if\">IF function<\/a> we can decide what will be displayed inside the cell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are going to use the following formula.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">=IF(ISBLANK(A1),\"Blank\",A1)<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Formula explanation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If cell <strong>A1<\/strong> is blank, display the text \u201cBlank\u201d, otherwise display <strong>A1<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, if you look at our modified example, you will see that it copies all values from the left side of the formula. Only one cell (<strong>B4<\/strong>) displays blank as the condition is met.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"218\" height=\"140\" src=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/isblank-if-example.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3929\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Maybe you would like to modify this formula to also display \u201cBlank\u201d in cell <strong>B2<\/strong> where there is a space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">=IF(OR(ISBLANK(A1),TRIM(A1)=\"\"),\"Blank\",A1)<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Formula explanation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/en\/functions\/trim\">TRIM function<\/a> removes all leading and trailing spaces from a cell. If you have only spaces inside a cell, it will remove all of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/en\/functions\/or\">OR function<\/a> returns TRUE if any of its arguments are <strong>TRUE<\/strong>. In other words, it returns <strong>TRUE<\/strong> if a cell is blank or a cell equals \u201c\u201d. Cell <strong>A2<\/strong> meets this requirement that\u2019s why it returns \u201cBlank\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"218\" height=\"140\" src=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/isblank-or-if-example.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3930\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you want a formula that inserts a text, instead of leaving blank cells, you can use the ISBLANK function. 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