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How to keep cell blank when applying formula until data entered in Excel?

In Excel, if you apply a formula to a column range, the result will be displayed as zero while the reference cells are blank in the formula. But in this case, I want to keep the cell empty when apply formula until the reference cell entered with data, if there are any tricks to handle it?
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Keep cell blank until data entered in

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Actually, there is a formula that can help you to keep the formula cell empty until data entered in reference cells.

For instance, here to calculate the difference between column Value 1 and column Value 2 in column Differences, and you want to keep the cell blank if there are some blank cells in the column Value 1 and column Value2.

Select first cell that you want to place the calculated result, type this formula =IF(OR(ISBLANK(A2),ISBLANK(B2)), "", A2-B2), and drag fill handle down to apply this formula to the cells you need.
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In the formula, A2 and B2 are the reference cells in the formula you want to apply, A2-B2 are the calculation you want to use.

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    Guy · 6 months ago
    Thanks for posting. This helped me =IF(OR(ISBLANK(A2),ISBLANK(B2)), "", A2-B2) to condition cells to be blank.
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    Dan Thomas · 7 months ago
    THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! I was scouring the internet for this answer for hours, and you provided it! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!
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    Ola · 11 months ago
    Please can you kindly tell me how to make DATEDIF(0,B10,"y")&" years "&DATEDIF(0,B10,"ym")&" months "&DATEDIF(0,B10,"md")&" days " display blank while cell B10 is blank?
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      Sunny · 9 months ago
      The cell is blank, so why not the result is blank? I am confused
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        Kay · 4 months ago
        How do you make the 119years, 0 months , 10 days just show a blank ?
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          Sunny · 4 months ago
          Hello, Kay, what is your condition? All cells that contain 119 years, 0 months, 10 days will be display a blank?
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    ganesh · 1 years ago
    i want to create a excel sheet with a formula in f column. ( like f column = c + d column ). and other cells remain blank and saved. if later i fill the data in c and f columns means ,it should do the calculation as per the f column formula and should show me the result in f column.is it possible?
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      Sunny · 1 years ago
      Hello, the formula cells will be shown as zero while the reference cells have no values in general. If you want to display the zero as blank, you can go to Option dialog to uncheck the Show a zero cells that have zero value option, and then the formula cells will keep blank untile the reference cells entered with values. See screenshot:
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    Ozioma · 1 years ago
    Please how can i make this formula to return blank. =IF(D7>69,"A",IF(D7>59,"B",IF(D7>49,"C",IF(D7>44,"D",IF(D7>39,"E","F")))))
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      Sunny · 1 years ago
      Hello, if you want to display blank while the D7 is blank, you can use this formula =IF(D7>69,"A",IF(D7>59,"B",IF(D7>49,"C",IF(D7>44,"D",IF(D7>39,"E",IF(ISBLANK(D7),"","F"))))))
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