Try this in C2, and copy down as needed:

=A2*(B2="")+B2

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HTH,

RD
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"owl37" wrote in message
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Hi all,
I have a spreadsheet like the following:

heading 1 heading 2 heading 3
213
212 24
213 7
214
215
216 12

What I need is a formula which can look into cell b2, and if it finds a
blank cell, return the value in cell A2, if it finds a value in cell B2 then
return that value.
How do I ask the if function to look for a blank cell?
Thanks for youe help.

Owl37