Comments on: Excel logical operators: equal to, not equal to, greater than, less than

Many tasks you perform in Excel involve comparing data in different cells. For this, Microsoft Excel provides six logical operators, which are also called comparison operators. This tutorial aims to help you understand the insight of Excel logical operators and write the most efficient formulas for your data analysis. Continue reading →

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  1. how do i use if formula for the below
    underweight <18.5
    normal weight 18.5 to 24.9
    overweight 25 to 29.9
    obesity BMI of 30 0r greater

  2. Hi,
    I need your help. I am trying to create a formula to compare two columns - column A & B. If Column A is greater than Column B, then I'd like the cell in column A to be highlighted. I've tried to create the formula using conditional formatting, rules, "IF" and I've made no progress. Does it matter that the values in column B are the result of a formula? Help!?

  3. Hi, I need a formula. if AP column is equal to 0, "FULLY PAID", if AP column is equal to D column, "UNPAID" and if AP column is not Zero, "PARTIALLY PAID"

    Thanks! it will be a great help

  4. i need fomula
    A1>=0 B1>= 0

    i want to add A1& B! both to display in C1
    condtion : to show the value once enter in the A1 or B1 only.
    =IF(A1+B1>=0,A1+B1)
    no need false option. i need to show value 0 in C1 only when i enter A1 or B1 =0

  5. I have formula applied for true false if greater or less but if the result is in negative it is saying true but in actual it should false, please suggest

  6. i have formula for pre vat calculation for exampal dealer price 10000/- then after show the pre vat amount

  7. Hi,
    How can I find the difference between two columns using the if function?
    Thanks and Regards,
    Sarfaraj

  8. i m trying to create a formula for postal charges

    where

    1) postage upto 5000

    2% of the amount recovered or Rs 50 whichever is more

    2) above 5000

    Rs. 100 + 1% of amount exceeding Rs. 5000

    regards

    Mukesh
    7358027745

  9. How will I use "IF" formula for the following condition,
    if less than 1.49 print 1
    if greater than 1.49 and less than 2.49 print 2
    if greater than 2.49 and less than 3.449 print 3 ...and so on...

  10. Any idea in how to perform this equation with these conditions in Excel

    Thank you

  11. Hi

    I got an excel sheet that contains data of soil moisture content (h), Field Capacity (hfc) permanent wilting point (hpwp) and evapotranspiration (ETp)
    in order to calculate actual evapotranspiration (ETa), the following condition has to be build in excel

    ETa = ETp when h ≥ hFC
    ETa = ETp * ( h-hWP / hFC - hWP ) when hWP< h < hFC
    Et = 0 when h ≤ hWP

    Thank you

  12. Delivery Time Receving time

    08-08-2016 13:15 08-08-2016 10:00
    12-08-2016 15:02 10-08-2016 13:20
    15-08-2016 18:05 15-08-2016 14:40
    25-08-2016 15:05 20-08-2016 9:55
    30-08-2016 18:03 28-08-2016 9:55
    1.delivery Time always greater then Receiving time(Date Also) then nothing count.

    2)If delivery time below 1 hour compare to Receiving time then count it.
    3)Delivery time and receiving time gap is 1 hour no issues but below 1 hour and above should be count.

    it means that i need all variable conditions please help me.

  13. HI,
    I'm trying to create a formula to ask(if a1=1 & b1=2 return the contents of b16. Please help.
    Thank You

    1. Hi Frank,

      Here you go: =IF(AND(A1=1, B1=2), B16, "")

      1. Thank You Svetlana for the swift reply.
        I have 10 variables in cell A1 and 3 variables in cell B1.
        How do I include any variation of them in cell B16.
        The 10 & 3 variables are already in a drop down list
        The formula in your reply works well for a single variation.
        Thank You again

  14. Hi,
    I am new to the world of excel and I am trying to figure out how to do the following:

    If value in cells A1:A9 are between 500 and 3000 then total the figures and multiply by cell B to give me the total sum figure. I can't figure this out. can anyone help please?

  15. i want same number in 2 different cell and also if i edit one cell value the other should automatically happen.
    How should I do it????

    you need to be use a formule Equal2

  16. I have multiple lines that have different surcharges bases off of over all weight. I am looking to have the cost read in a cell when weight is in that range and be 0.00 when out of the range. Below at 501# price should be 16.25 and the 10.00 should now be 0.00.
    $10.00 501 $10.00 1-500
    $16.25 501 501-1000
    $25.00 501 0.00 1001-1500

  17. Hello,
    I need a formula that looks at a cell and determines the following :
    If the cell is less than 1 or less than -1 then return the text "balanced" ... otherwise return "not balanced".
    Thanks so much,
    Wayne

  18. hi
    if cell A 700 then cell B indicates Thousand amount so 0,Cell C indicates hundred amounts like 7(cell a=700) Cell D indicates 00
    If u have any formula to divided cash amount in following format
    1245=1,2,4,5

  19. i want same number in 2 different cell and also if i edit one cell value the other should automatically happen.
    How should I do it????

  20. Hi,

    I have two columns of data. The 1st is the actual arrival time, and the second is the ETA. A customer can arrive 30 minutes either side of their ETA time, i.e ETA of 11:00-11:30 - customer can arrive between 10:30-12:00. I need a formula that will identify all customers that arrived outside of their ETA window.

    Can anyone help???

    11:17:57 a.m. 11:01 - 11:30
    9:58:36 a.m. 09:31 - 10:00
    7:39:17 a.m. 07:31 - 08:00
    11:31:42 a.m. 11:01 - 11:30
    8:24:52 a.m. 07:31 - 08:00
    9:48:32 a.m. 09:31 - 10:00
    2:20:45 a.m. 02:01 - 02:30
    10:34:43 p.m. 22:01 - 22:30
    10:07:01 a.m. 10:01 - 10:30
    10:30:45 a.m. 10:31 - 11:00

  21. i am trying to fix a formula for if multiple cells value to-gather if values are positive

    trying like this =SUMIF(AN16,AP16,AR16,AT16,AV16,AX16,AZ16,BB16,BD16,BF16,BH16)">0"

    but not working .. unable to set correct formula for it

  22. IF(C11>=Sheet1!I4,Sheet1!$I$4:$I$43)

    Hi
    how to used formula in excel two coluam for greater than but not equal to

  23. Good Day Ma'am,

    I am trying to get a cell to produce 60 if a "material code" entered in one cell is CS and checks against the thickness of the material. So if the thickness is greater than 0.034, or less than 0.135, or equal to 0.5 and the "material code" is CS the cell gives me a 60. However I also have another cell that will check the "material code" for CS and the thickness of the material to be less than 0.034, to produce 48. The problem is if I have 0.03 in the thickness cell I get a 48 and a 60. Do you have any ideas to go about this? Thank you for your time and help.

    Sincerely,
    Andrew Edwards

    1. Hi Andrew,

      For us to be able to help you better, can you post the current formula you are using?

  24. i was trying to compare the data in the particular cell, I used 'if' calculate the out come.
    i.e If the value in cell is greater than or equal to '4' the result should be '30' in display cell, else (any character or letter or 0 in cell) it should be '0'
    I tried this, =IF (A1>=4,"30", "0") it is working out for numeric value but when any letter or any special character is fed to the comparison cell it gives out "30" as results.
    would you help to explain, why it is working out so?

  25. Need help figuring out how to write a formula in Excel 2016.
    I need to have the following formula's answer round up to 3 if it is less than 3.
    =SUM((B16/12)*(C16/12))

    1. Hi Sara,

      Try this one:
      =IF(SUM((B16/12)*(C16/12))<3,3,SUM((B16/12)*(C16/12)))

  26. Hi, very interesting thread thank you.
    Just wondering how would I show the cell value instead if true/false. Currently I have =IF(F15<40,)
    But i have 4 different categories I have 0 to 39, 40 to 56 ect...I want to say if the value is less than 39 show cell value if not show 0.
    Thanks in advance!

  27. Can you help me with this. Date that less than 60 days write as "LESS" more than 60 days write as "MORE". Thanks

  28. Can you please give me a formula for depending on which date is greater than another. 180 days will be added to the greater than date. Thanks!

    1. Hi James,

      You can use a formula similar to this:
      =IF(A1>B1, A1+180, B1+180)

      Where A1 and B2 are the dates to compare.

  29. I just want to rounded up to next 10 but will remain neasest integer if the unit place is 0.As for example: 187.6.1 will 190 and 120.3 will 120.

    1. Hi Puspen,

      Try this one:
      =IF(RIGHT(TRUNC(A1,0), 1)*1<>0, CEILING(A1, 10), INT(A1))

  30. How to check 2 values for 50 % difference?

  31. Hi,

    I would like to write a IF formula if employee is coming to office late then the specified time it should calculate the late minutes otherwise 0. Is it possible? Please help me.

    I have 3 column
    Specified-time(A) Employee-in-time(B) Late-minute-or-0(C)
    9:30AM 9:37AM 07
    9:30AM 9:25AM 0

  32. if a number in a1 is greater than b1 can this put a 1 in a2?
    likewise if b1 is greater than a1 can this put a 1 in b2 and if a1 and b1 are the same can this put a 1 in c2?

    if the above is possible can the same result for c1 & d1 and e1 and f1 etc all put a 1+1+1 etc in a2, b2 or c2 depending on whether greater, lower or equal

  33. Hello, Svetlana, on June 9th, you answered my question (thank you) about text ("test") being tested ("=A1>0") positive as greater than zero. However, I just found that COUNTIF(A1:B1, ">0") doesn't think "test" is greater than zero. Microsoft is making things very confusing.

  34. Hi, I would like to sum of all values like A9=B9 (for example, CL2840 is a string which added in cell A9 and I would say that value added in cell B9 = 10), CL2840 or CL 2840 would be repeated in couple of cells of the sheet and I would like to add all values which available in adjacent cells. Can you please help me ? :) Thanks You!

  35. How do I create a data validation on Ledger Journal where I want an account # to be used only 1 time for one Journal entry?

    Thanks in advance

  36. Hi
    I have two excel table one is sales man name and second is sales figure, and we have provide incentive to sales mans dpend on thire sales amount, our incentive structre if sales amount is rs 2000-5000 incentive 100 and 5001 to 10000 incentive 200 so i want get the incentive result in my third column, which formula can apply here, i think " if" "> <" apply here but i dnt know how to apply this please help me

  37. Hi,
    Would you be able to write an excel spreadsheet for a fee?

    thank you
    Paul

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  38. Hi

    i have 2 excel table:

    1) table 1 answer is only "a" or "b" (1 column)

    2) table 2 is reflecting the result from table 1 = column a and b,
    what is the formula i should insert in table 2?

    If table 1 answer is "b", the answer to reflect in table 2 - column a should be empty whereby column b should be Y

    Thanks in advance.

  39. I have two tables the one table I want it to display what the other table says but if it says a certain work I want the 2nd table to skip that row and display the next one. Than the row under that one I want it to continue where the previous row left off. I cant figure out how to have the row continue where the previous one left off, It'll just repeat what the previous one said.

  40. Condition is
    value= 1000 to 3000 = a
    600 to 800 = b
    other false
    data

    1000
    3000
    2000
    1800
    500
    400
    600

    what's syntax will come any body can help me?
    my skype- chandan.kumar459

  41. Hi thanks for the article. Very clear and informative, as always.
    I recently experienced a curious problem related to the operators. Assume that I have the following cells:
    In A1 I have the formula =TODAY()
    In B1 I have an alphanumerical string, say QWRSTY-11. The last two numbers represent the calendar week
    In C1 I have the following formula
    =IF(ISOWEEKNUM(A1)<RIGHT(B1,2),"X","0")
    Since today is June 14, 2016 and the week number is 24, the formula should return "0". Instead, it returns "X".
    To double check my formulas, in D1 I entered the following:
    =ISOWEEKNUM(A1)-RIGHT(B1,2)
    This formula returns "13", which is correct!!

    I will be grateful if you could help me understand what's going on here. Thanks

  42. I want a formula for excel for below example:
    Column A (Medicine Tablets required) has Value 17
    Column B ( One strip has maximum tablets) has value 10
    Formula required in column C is compare B with A. and decide to order number of strips of medicine. Column C should show strips to be ordered as 2.

  43. Hello, thanks for the great article.

    I have a simple question. I have the word "test" in A1 and the formula "=A1>0" in B1. B1 shows "TRUE". How can "test" be greater than zero? I would expect some kind of error message instead of "TRUE".

    1. Hi John,

      In Excel any text including an empty string ("") has a higher value than any number. To return an error message for text values and blanks, you can use a formula similar to this:

      =IF(AND(ISNUMBER(A1), A1>0), TRUE, IF(ISTEXT(A1), "error: text", IF(ISBLANK(A1), "error: blank")))

  44. Hi i am doing a vacation, sick leave, personal days that employees are taking. I have created the table and coded vacation as (V), sick leave as (S) and personal as (P). I also have them by month so what i want to do know is to do as when i select V on an employee reflects on the vacation colunm and in sick leave the samething to happen in there repective colunms. Can some one please help me?

    Thank you in advance,

    Vasni

  45. i want to highlight false if condition is

    A B C
    650000 650000 650000

    if a=0 and b>0 = c>0

  46. Hi, I need a formula for one cell:
    IF A2 has a value between 101-122, then text "below average"
    IF A2 has a value between 123-144, then text "average"
    IF A2 has a value between 145-200, then text "above average"
    IF A2 has a value between 201-250, then text "not acceptable"

    Thank you.

  47. Hi, I need help on a formula :

    Cell A1 is a drop-down list with "Apple", "Orange", "Carrot".
    Cell B1 is a vlookup on item in Cell A1 with value for "Apple" = 200, "Orange" = 300 and "Carrot" = 400.
    Cell C1 is the quantity to order.
    Cell D1 is a vlookup on the minimum amount that we need to pay to the vendor for each type of goods with "Apple" = 2000, "Orange" = 2500 and "Carrot" = 3500. (If order amount is less then the minimum amount, we would have to pay the minumum amount).
    Cell E1 - Would like to have a formula to calculate the amount that we need to be paid after selecting the item in A1 and input the quantity in C1.

    Thank you.

  48. Edit: I should have mentioned also my text is being generated through a data validation list.
    Hello I'm after some help on a solving a problem driving me crazy:

    Basically I would like to increase days in a date (e.g. 1/6/16) based on text in other cells then reset/override the original 'if' statement if need be.

    For example
    Cell E5 = 1/6/16, I now select text in cell F5 "add 20" the date is now 21/6/16
    Cell E5 = 21/6/16, I now select text in cell G5 "reset back to original date" and basically want the date to reset back to the 1/6/16

    Is this possible ?

  49. Hello I'm after some help on a solving a problem driving me crazy:

    Basically I would like to increase days in a date (e.g. 1/6/16) based on text in other cells then reset/override the original 'if' statement if need be.

    For example
    Cell E5 = 1/6/16, I now select text in cell F5 "add 20" the date is now 21/6/16
    Cell E5 = 21/6/16, I now select text in cell G5 "reset back to original date" and basically want the date to reset back to the 1/6/16

    Is this possible ?
    1/6/16

  50. Hi I need solution for this in a single formula :
    when value is less than or equal to 50 it gives result zero
    when value is between 50 to 70 it multiplies with 4 & when value is more than 70 or more it multiples with 3

    50 = 0
    50-70 = 58*4
    70 plus = 110 * 3

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