EXCEL end result is showing 1 when supposed to be blank

Question

im creating a recreational spreadsheet to keep track of my soccer league standings.

Here is my problem....(IN BOLD)

HOME/AWAY OPPONENT GOALS FOR GOALS AGAINST W T L

H           RED           4              2    1    
A           RED           1              3        1
                                                1
                                                1
                                                1

(and so on...)

Im using a formula for Ties ---> =if(c5=d5,1,0)

what changes should i make for the end result to be blank until I enter a value in the goals for/against column.

any help would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

Use isblank to test for an empty cell and a pair of speech marks ("") to show nothing in a cell until the logical test is true.

eg

=IF(OR(ISBLANK(c5),ISBLANK(d5)),"",IF(c5=d5,1,0))

That will keep the result from showing until both the scores have been entered

Wing