IF statement: how to leave cell blank if condition is false (“” does not work)

Question

I would like to write an IF statement, where the cell is left blank if the condition is FALSE. Note that, if the following formula is entered in C1 (for which the co

Answer 1

Instead of using "", use 0. Then use conditional formating to color 0 to the backgrounds color, so that it appears blank.

Since blank cells and 0 will have the same behavior in most situations, this may solve the issue.