How to fix a #VALUE! problem in Excel that's doing my head in. =IF(L1883+O1883+R1883+U1883=0,"",L1883+O1883+R1883+U1883)

Vincent Harper 0 Reputation points
2025-12-29T07:27:51.69+00:00

How to fix a #VALUE! problem in Excel that's doing my head in. =IF(L1883+O1883+R1883+U1883=0,"",L1883+O1883+R1883+U1883)

Can anybody tell me what's wrong please and how to fix it?

Microsoft 365 and Office | Excel | For home | Windows
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  1. Vincent Harper 0 Reputation points
    2025-12-29T07:34:36.78+00:00

    I'll keep trying to fix it

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  2. DaveM121 827.3K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2025-12-29T08:02:15.37+00:00

    That error (#VALUE) usually indicated one or all the cells are not formatted as numeric data, select each cell, right click and choose format cell and ensure each cell is set to a number format.

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  3. Ashish Mathur 101.2K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2025-12-29T23:45:50.1266667+00:00

    Hi,

    One of the input cells is non-numeric. Change that to a number or delete that cell.

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