A to Z of Excel Functions: The IFNA Function

Welcome back to our regular A to Z of Excel Functions blog. Today we look at the IFNA function.

The IFNA function

The IFNA function returns the value you specify if a formula returns the #N/A error value; otherwise it returns the result of the formula.

IFNA has the following syntax:

IFNA(value, value_if_NA)

• value: this is required and represents the argument that is checked for the #N/A error
• value_if_NA: this is also required.  This is the value to return if the formula (value) evaluates to the #N/A error value.

It should be noted that:

• if value or value_if_NA is an empty cell, IFNA treats the argument(s) as an empty string value ("")
• if value is an array formula, IFNA returns an array of results for each cell in the range specified in value.

Please see my example below.

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