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    If a cell is not blank subtract the next cell in the same column that is not blank

    Hello,
    I have a column (Column A) with a formula that only returns values on certain rows otherwise it returns "". I need a formula for column B that subtacts the next value in the column skipping over the blank ("") ones.
    For example
    Column A : 5 ,"","","","",3,"","","",-2,"","","","","","",9
    Column B : 2 ,"","","","",5,"","","",-11,"","","","","","",""
    column B is what I would like to achieve where the B1 would be A1-A6, B6 would be A6-A10, and B10 would be A10-A17
    Thanks in advance.
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    Re: If a cell is not blank subtract the next cell in the same column that is not blank

    This should work:

    =IF(A1="","",A1-INDEX(A2:A$17,MATCH(TRUE,INDEX(ISNUMBER(A2:A$17),0),0)))
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