Problem with nested IF/CONTAINS for Multi-Select Column and Zeros

JCardinal
JCardinal ✭✭✭✭
edited 03/31/23 in Formulas and Functions

Hi all,

How do I get rid of the zeros in this formula? (And why does it seem to work fine for Monday and Tuesday only selections?!!?)

Below is the text of the formula and it is citing a multi-select column. Class Days Short is a text/number column.

=IF(CONTAINS("Monday", [Class Days]@row), "M, ") + IF(CONTAINS("Tuesday", [Class Days]@row), "T, ") + IF(CONTAINS("Wednesday", [Class Days]@row), "W, ") + IF(CONTAINS("Thursday", [Class Days]@row), "R, ") + IF(CONTAINS("Friday", [Class Days]@row), "F ")

When I try to wrap the entire thing in an IF formula, all results go away:

=IF(IF(CONTAINS("Monday", [Class Days]@row), "M, ") + IF(CONTAINS("Tuesday", [Class Days]@row), "T, ") + IF(CONTAINS("Wednesday", [Class Days]@row), "W, ") + IF(CONTAINS("Thursday", [Class Days]@row), "R, ") + IF(CONTAINS("Friday", [Class Days]@row), "F ") = 0, "")

Thanks,

Joanna Cardinal (she, her, hers)

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  • Andrée Starå
    Andrée Starå ✭✭✭✭✭✭
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    Hi @JCardinal

    I hope you're well and safe!

    Try something like this.

    =IF(CONTAINS("Monday", [Class Days]@row), "M, ", "") + IF(CONTAINS("Tuesday", [Class Days]@row), "T, ", "") + IF(CONTAINS("Wednesday", [Class Days]@row), "W, ", "") + IF(CONTAINS("Thursday", [Class Days]@row), "R, ", "") + IF(CONTAINS("Friday", [Class Days]@row), "F ", "")

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