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#DIV/0!
What does #DIV/0! mean when it shows up in a cell with a formula?
-- Jim S |
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#DIV/0!
Occurs when a number is divided by zero.
A1 contains 123 B1 contains nothing or 0 =A1/B1 will throw the #DIV/0! error. You can trap the error using =IF(AND(ISNUMBER(B1),(B10)),A1/B1,"") which will make the cell look blank if B1 is blank or 0 or not a number. Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Wed, 7 Mar 2007 17:46:53 -0700, "Jim S" wrote: What does #DIV/0! mean when it shows up in a cell with a formula? |
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#DIV/0!
From the HELP..........
What does the error #DIV/0! mean? The #DIV/0! error value occurs when a formula divides by 0 (zero). Possible cause Suggested action Using the cell reference to a blank cell or to a cell that contains zero as a divisor. (If an operand is a cell that is blank, Microsoft Excel interprets the blank as zero.) Change the cell reference, or enter a value other than zero in the cell used as a divisor. You can enter the value #N/A into the cell referenced as the divisor, which will change the result of the formula to #N/A from #DIV/0! to denote that the divisor value is not available. Entering a formula that contains explicit division by zero (0) ¾ for example, =5/0. Change the divisor to a number other than zero. Running a macro that uses a function or a formula that returns #DIV/0!. Make sure the divisor in the function or formula is not zero or blank. Vaya con Dios, Chuck, CABGx3 "Jim S" wrote in message ... What does #DIV/0! mean when it shows up in a cell with a formula? -- Jim S |
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#DIV/0!
It means that your formula attempted to divide a number by 0, which is an
illegal operation. You can write your formula to circumvent the error with something like the following: =IF(B1=0,"",A1/B1) or =IF(your_formula = 0,"",your_formula) or, in 2007, =IFERROR(A1/B1,"") "Jim S" wrote in message ... What does #DIV/0! mean when it shows up in a cell with a formula? -- Jim S |
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#DIV/0!
Hi Jim,
Say, a2=10 and a3=0. You are trying to divide a number by 0 is in in cell a1 =a2/a3. you can solve it by making sure that you do not divide by zero or if you do not know if it will be zero try the following: in cell a1 =if(a3=0,0,a2/a3) and this will put a 0 in place of the #div/0. -- Hope this helps Martin Fishlock, Bangkok, Thailand Please do not forget to rate this reply. "Jim S" wrote: What does #DIV/0! mean when it shows up in a cell with a formula? -- Jim S |
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#DIV/0!
OK, This is the formula that I have that is pulling data from all pages of a
multipage document and some of the cells in this formula are at 0 until data is entered and other cells have data, how do I add the IF option to this formula? AVERAGE(ESP1!F24+ESP2!F24+LV!F24+LA!F24+RAT!F24+SF 1!F24+SF2!F24+SF3!F24+TAOS!F24)/9 -- Jim Salyer Area Supervisor Home 505-474-4863 Mobile 505-670-4138 Fax 505-474-4540 "Jim S" wrote in message ... What does #DIV/0! mean when it shows up in a cell with a formula? -- Jim S |
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#DIV/0!
Hi Jim
It depends what you mean. If you want the average of these cells 9 values, then it would be =SUM(ESP1!F24+ESP2!F24+LV!F24+LA!F24+RAT!F24+SF1!F 24+SF2!F24+SF3!F24+TAOS!F24)/9 If those 9 cells sum to 0, then dividing by 9 will not give an error. If you say =AVERAGE(ESP1!F24+ESP2!F24+LV!F24+LA!F24+RAT!F24+S F1!F24+SF2!F24+SF3!F24+TAOS!F24) then if they sum to 0, you will get the #DIV0 error message (you don't need the /9 on the end for this formula) If the sheets are consecutive in the workbook, then you could use =IF(SUM(ESP1:TAOS!F24)=0,"",AVERAGE(ESP1:TAOS!F24) Alternatively you can create 2 dummy sheet called First and Last. Drag these to positions which encompass the sheets you want to perform the calculations upon, and use =IF(SUM(first:last!F4)=0,"",AVERAGE(first:last!F24 ) -- Regards Roger Govier "Jim S" wrote in message ... OK, This is the formula that I have that is pulling data from all pages of a multipage document and some of the cells in this formula are at 0 until data is entered and other cells have data, how do I add the IF option to this formula? AVERAGE(ESP1!F24+ESP2!F24+LV!F24+LA!F24+RAT!F24+SF 1!F24+SF2!F24+SF3!F24+TAOS!F24)/9 -- Jim Salyer Area Supervisor Home 505-474-4863 Mobile 505-670-4138 Fax 505-474-4540 "Jim S" wrote in message ... What does #DIV/0! mean when it shows up in a cell with a formula? -- Jim S |
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#DIV/0!
On Mar 8, 4:04 pm, "Jim S" wrote:
OK, This is the formula that I have that is pulling data from all pages of a multipage document AVERAGE(ESP1!F24+ESP2!F24+LV!F24+LA!F24+RAT!F24+SF 1!F24+ SF2!F24+SF3!F24+TAO*S!F24)/9 First of all, you probably want: AVERAGE(ESP1!F24,ESP2!F24,LV!F24,LA!F24,RAT!F24,SF 1!F24,SF2!F24,SF3! F24,TAO*S!F24) AVERAGE() will accept up to 30 arguments in this form. some of the cells in this formula are at 0 until data is entered and other cells have data Then I suspect you have a serious problem either with the format of those cells or with the cell references. AVERAGE() probably returned #DIV/0! because AVERAGE() thinks that all the cells are blank or contain non-numeric values (e.g. text). If the cells __appear__ to have numeric values, check their formats. |
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#DIV/0!
Errata....
On Mar 8, 6:12 pm, "joeu2004" wrote: First of all, you probably want: AVERAGE(ESP1!F24,ESP2!F24,LV!F24,LA!F24,RAT!F24,SF 1!F24,SF2!F24,SF3! F24,TAO*S!F24) [....] AVERAGE() probably returned #DIV/0! because AVERAGE() thinks that all the cells are blank or contain non-numeric values (e.g. text). Oops, my bad! I was thinking of __my__ form of AVERAGE(). AVERAGE(A1+...+A9) works just fine if all cells in the range are blank (or zero). There is no problem with AVERAGE() if all the arguments sum to zero. If any cell is non-numeric, the expression will returns #VALUE!, and so does AVERAGE(). |
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#DIV/0!
On Mar 8, 4:21 pm, "Roger Govier"
wrote: =AVERAGE(ESP1!F24+ESP2!F24+LV!F24+LA!F24+RAT!F24+S F1!F24+ SF2!F24+SF3!F24+TA*OS!F24) then if they sum to 0, you will get the #DIV0 error message Are you sure? Works fine for me when all cells are on the same sheet. |
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