Excel: Finding All Records That Do Not Have Blank Fields

Last reviewed: November 2, 1994
Article ID: Q63802

SUMMARY

To find all records in a Microsoft Excel database that are not blank in a particular field, enter "<>" (without quotation marks) in the criteria range.

For example, if the database is as follows

   Field 1  | Field 2  | Field 3
   a        | y        | z
   b        |          | y
   c        | s        |
   d        | e        | f

set the criteria as follows:

   Field 1  | Field 2  | Field 3
            | <>       |

The extracted records are:

   Field 1  | Field 2  | Field 3
   a        | y        | z
   c        | s        |
   d        | e        | f

MORE INFORMATION

To find all records that do not contain blank fields, enter "<>" (without quotation marks) in the criteria range under all field names, as follows:

   Field 1  | Field 2  | Field 3  | ...
   <>       | <>       | <>       | <>

For more information about Microsoft Excel databases, see pages 347-387 in the "Microsoft Excel User's Guide" version 3.0 manual. If you are using Excel 2.20, see pages 148-179 in the "Microsoft Excel Reference" version 2.2 manual.

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Last reviewed: November 2, 1994
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