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How to check if a range of cells is blank or empty in Excel?

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Check if a range of cells are empty with formula


Check if a range of cells are empty with formula

The below formula can help you check if a range of cells is blank or not in Excel. Please do as follows.

1. Select a blank cell, enter formula =SUMPRODUCT(--(G1:K8<>""))=0 into the formula bar, and then press the Enter key. See screenshot:

Notes:

1. In the formula, G1:K8 is the range you will check if it is blank or not. Please change it as you need.

2. If all cells in the specified range are blank, you will get the result of TRUE, otherwise, you will get FALSE.


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Hello, what if you have multiple ranges to include in the formula? i.e. A2:D2 and M2:P2, When I add in the 2nd range the formula does not work...
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Hi Nicholas Haughn,

The following formula can help you. Please give it a try. Thank you.
=IF(AND(SUMPRODUCT(--(A2:D2<>""))=0, SUMPRODUCT(--(M2:P2<>""))=0),"Empty","has value")
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Hola,
Me gustaría cambia los resultados de VERDADERO/FALSO por otras palabras, es posible?
muchas gracias
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Hi Paula,
If you want to display a specific result other than TRUE or FALSE, please enclose the formula in an IF function. Such as:
=IF(SUMPRODUCT(--(G1:K8<>""))=0, "Yes", "No")
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Muchísimas gracias!!
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Hi

Thanks for this. It is what I needed. I am curious what is the significance of the '--' in the formula?
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Hi Joe Shaer,
The double dash is used for converting a list of boolean (TRUE, FALSE) values to ZEROs and ONEs, which is a useful technique in many advanced formulas that work with cell ranges.
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Thanks for this formula. 😊

To make it even more complete I would recommend to use the trim function on the range to eliminate white spaces too:
=SUMPRODUCT(--(TRIM(G1:K8)<>""))=0

Cheers, Dirk
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