Not IS Blank or IS Text formula to mark a symbol
Use Case:
I would like a cell to change symbols (red for example) based on whether or not a given row has text (any text).
I've tried
=IF(ISTEXT([What should we stop doing?]@row, "Red")))
Returns UNPARSEABLE
I've also tried
=IF(NOT(ISBLANK([What should we stop doing?]@row, "Red")))
Returns INCORRECT ARGUMENT.
Surely there is something I am doing wrong?
Answers
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Hi @hsway
Are you looking only for text, or if there is any content at all in the cell? If you're just looking for any content, I would do the following:
=IF([What should we stop doing?]@row <> "", "Red")
<> "" says not blank
If you're specifically looking for a cell that is only text values (versus numerical), then you can use the ISTEXT, like so:
=IF(ISTEXT([What should we stop doing?]@row), "Red")
Notice that there is a closing parentheses after the @row ) before the comma and "Red". This is why you were getting an error.
Keep in mind this will only ever return a Red ball or Blank cell. Do you have other statements you want to return? For example, should it ever be Green or Yellow?
Cheers,
Genevieve
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Hey Genevieve,
Your first suggestion worked out. I did =IF([What should we stop doing?]@row <> "", "Red", ""). Thanks
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Wonderful! I'm glad I could help.
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