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DIVIDE error ?
HI
who can explain me
DIVIDE(blank(),0,5) - return BLANK
DIVIDE(0,blank(),5) - return 5
if (ISERROR( blank()/0),1,2) - Return 2 NOT ERROR
if (ISERROR( 0/blank()),1,2) - Return 1 ERROR
Why blank()/0 is not error ? and why is divide return BLANK ?
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Straight from Microsoft's documentation: "Performs division and returns alternate result or BLANK() on division by 0."
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if (ISERROR( 0/blank()),1,2) - Return 1 ERRORHow it possible to device Blank()/0 and not got error ? 🙂
Some kind new mathematics logic?And DIVIDE(blank(),0,5)
i think all cases
1) x/0
2) blank/0
3) blank /X
4) X/blank
5)0/blank
6)blank/blank
Must return error and alternateresult ? or what ?
BLANK() and 0 are not quite the same thing. They are functionally the same in a lot of cases, but not always. However, it sounds like you want the DIVIDE function to treat BLANK() like a 0. In that case, wrap whatever is returning you a BLANK() in a COALESCE function:
COALESCE ( [measure returning blank], 0 )
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