IF(ISBLANK for multiple cells A1:N1

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SCrowley - 18 Mar 2008 22:50 GMT

I have read many posts regarding this issue and I thought I wrote my formula
correctly.

I have tried it as a formula AND as an array formula

=IF(ISBLANK(A1:N1),"Delete","OK")

When I use this formula, whether the range has something in it or not, it
returns "OK".

The spreadsheet is an exported report from a mailing/shipping software
program. It has 600 rows, A:N, some with only one Cell containing data. I
need to delete all the blank rows (I've read all those posts too). I'm either
very thick in the head or there is some invisible data lurking in the cells?

I've even reversed the formula =IF(ISBLANK(A1:N1),"OK","Delete"). Arrrggg!

Thank you,

scrowley(AT)littleonline.com

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Gaurav - 18 Mar 2008 23:09 GMT

Try this instead.

=IF((COUNTA(A1:N1)=0),"DELETE","OK")

Hope that helps.

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T. Valko - 18 Mar 2008 23:10 GMT

Try this:

=IF(COUNTA(A1:N1)=0,"Delete","OK")

If the result is "OK" but you can't see anything in any cells then that
means you have invisible data lurking.

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SCrowley - 18 Mar 2008 23:23 GMT

THANK YOU! You and Gaurav both suggested =IF(COUNTA(A1:N1)=0,"Delete","OK")
and it worked perfectly! I'm also going to try Ken's suggestion for some
other data I need to sort out.

I really appreciate this community!

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T. Valko - 19 Mar 2008 01:55 GMT

You're welcome. Thanks for the feedback!

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Ken Hudson - 18 Mar 2008 23:13 GMT

Hi,
Not sure what you want to do but it sounds like you want to delete all the
rows that are blank between columns A and N.
A macro would be the "correct" way to go.
A cheap solution would be to insert a helper row to re-sort the rows.
Assuming that column O is empty, enter 1 in O1 and copy down all the rows,
increasing the number for each row.
Then sort all the data to get all the blank rows together.
Delete the blank rows and then use column O to re-sort the rows to their
orignal order and delete column O.
Might this work?

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