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. Hiya,

    I am looking for a formula to show the following:

    Looking at the sum of a cell (cell A). If its less than zero, return 0. But if its greater than 0, return the value of said cell (cell A), but capped at a maximum 1,000 (or x number).

    Could someone kindly provide the formula for this. I can't work it out.

    thank you in advance.

  2. Hi, I am looking for a formula to skip going through a pivot table.
    I am looking for MAX SUM OF KM PER DAY (or max km done per day), when there can be multiple entries for a given day.
    Ex.
    2023-01-01 5
    2023-01-01 5
    2023-01-01 10
    2023-01-02 10
    2023-01-03 8
    2023-01-04 18

    Thank you !

    2. (Here the result would yield : 20, since the max sum per day is on 2023-01-01, 5 + 5 + 10)

  3. i want you to know how a formula is done for,
    if C26 is equal to 1, the result should be whichever is less in both amounts of 12.5% of E22 and 20,000/- , otherwise NIL.

  4. I'm trying to make a formula for (if d3 is equal to or less that 10,000 then E3 is 0, if d3 is between 10,001-20,000 then E3 is 50, if d3 is between 20,001-30,000 then E3 is 100, if d3 is between 30,001-40,000 then e3 is 150, if d3 is greater than 40,001 then e3 is 200)

  5. i need a formula to calculate wages over 7000 and wages under 7000. and would like to show the amount over or under in a cell

  6. how do you write this in an IF statement:

    IF D2 is 31 then B2*75

    1. =IF(B2=31,B2*75)

  7. Hi
    if a row have alphabets like a code A,B,C,UR. i need a final result in another column A<B<C<UR.
    is this possible

    1. Hi!
      Have you tried the ways described in this blog post? If they don’t work for you, then please describe your task in detail. As it's currently written, it's hard to tell exactly what you're asking.

  8. Hello, great information, thank you.

    Is there a logical operator for [="unique value" in a column] is unique in a column?

    Ultimately what I'm trying to do is create an include for the filter function and I want to reference a column in the filter function array and, along with a few other filters, only return unique values.

  9. If I have 3 column of numbers how can I add a 4th with an up, down, or side arrow depending on where the highest number is. Column A has the number of negative reviews recieved, column b has number of neutral reviews received, column c has number of positive reviews received.

    For example:

    Column A = Down arrow
    Column B = Side arrow
    Column C = up Arrow

    5 9 1 = Side arrow
    9 5 1 = Down arrow
    1 5 9 = Up arrow

  10. Hi,

    What formula should I use to make a categorized column?
    I'm trying to create a column using the contents from my Year_Birth column.
    Ex: >=1946 but also <= 1964, using three more statements for the other generations.

    Thank you!

  11. I have following integers in this pattern below:

    A B C
    1 -68 -75 120
    2 50 60 -90
    How do i make use of formatting frmula to return "1" if two of the cells in A1, B1, C1 are less than zero. AND return "2" if one cell in A2, B2, C2 is less than zero.

    Thank you.

      1. Hello,

        One question, struggling with one assignment, searched everywhere for a solution but I couldn't find it.
        We have 2 columns with A1 name and B2 score and we need to assign to the C3 Grade the third column the result.
        In case that the score is equal to 50 or smaller than 50 the result will be Bad
        If score is between 51-80 or is equal to 51-80 normal
        If score is between 91-110 or is equal to 91-110 best
        <=50 Bad
        51-90 Normal
        91-110 Best

  12. Hi, I'm rather new to excel and I'm wondering whether it would be possible to change the colour of the cell depending on if it was greater than or less than by a certain value so for instance:

    Column A Column B
    1 11 15
    2 11 9

    So, it would be something like if B1 is greather than A1 by 3 then green but if less than by 2 then red.
    Apologies for the trouble and if not appropriate!

  13. Hi

    I am looking for a formula that I can use to determine True or False (for conditional formatting prepose).

    I want to be able to format a cell containing a value that is greater but not equal to a value in a different cell... So Greater (>) but not equal () to the reference value in a separate formula or cell.

  14. Hi,

    Bit of a long story but here goes...

    I have 2 columns with differing dates across 2021, 2022 and 2023, and I have set up 2 other columns to extract just the month and year - =IF(F2="","",MONTH(F2)&"/"&YEAR(F2)) & =IF(G2="","",MONTH(G2)&"/"&YEAR(G2)) - this is used to compare changes from column F and G (F being old date and G being a new updated date).

    I now need to create a countifs to count a specific group of cells with the following criteria:

    =COUNTIFS('Tracker'!$I:$I,"9/2022",'Tracker'!$H:$H,"9/2022",'Tracker'!$M:$M,"Yes")

    however I do not get the results I expect when I count manually and I believe it's the "9/2022" part causing the issue. I have successfully used countifs reducing it to "9" (as in just the month) however I need to include the year too as to only search the specific September.

    Hope that all makes sense and you can help!

    Thanks in advance,
    C

    2. For whatever reason the not equal to signs weren't included in the post!

  15. Hi everybody,

    Does there exist a Formula whereby everything I write in a Cell=1, for example:
    C3 has the text O00000001
    C4 has the text O00000002
    C5 has the text O00000003, and so on.

    The Formula that I have in place is: =(C3:C300)*27.50. However, in this case the value on C3:C300 has to be numerical, otherwise it doesn't add it up. In my case these are order IDs (starting with O-Oscar)

    So, let's say I have 97 cells in C column written with that sequence (O0000001-O0000300)

    I have 6 other columns and it would be very helpful if I can simply write:
    C3:O00001 D5: O000045 F9: O0004523

    Whereby CDF and other have of course different values.

    My question, simply put...

    Is there a way to make excel count my Order ID on any of the cells as a simple "1".
    I tried with IF, didn't work, or I didnt know the exact formula.

    Thanks

  16. Good day! I have a formula in excel which is =IF(AJ13>=92,1, IF(AJ13>=88,1.25, IF(AJ13>=84,1.5, IF(AJ13>=80,1.75, IF(AJ13>=76,2, IF(AJ13>=72,2.25, IF(AJ13>=68,2.5, IF(AJ13>=64,2.75, IF(AJ13>=60,3,5)))))))))
    My problem is, if the data is 88, the result is 1.5 but as you can see I have clearly written in the formula if the data is greater than or equal to 88, the result should be 1.25. Can you help me with this issue? I'll appreciate it a lot. Thanks!

      1. Thanks for replying to my question! I'll try to do your suggestion. Thanks again!

  17. Is this correct?
    1+21=22 i need formula of round off to one digit 22 = round off to 20
    2+34=36 this is round off to= 40
    plz reply the formula

  18. hELLO
    I have written

    =COUNTIFS(D7:D9,">="&AC10,D7:D9,"="&AC10 getting "VALUE!
    NEXT
    D7:D9 getting a number
    "<="&AC10 getting "VALUE!

    Can you fix it?
    Thank you

      1. I HAVE EXCEL 2000

        =COUNTIFS(D7:D9," > ="&AC10,D7:D9,"="&AC10,D:D," < ="&AD10)
        Thank you

          1. Thank you

        2. The post Does not pass properly.
          Can you send me an email where I can send properly?

    2. mayby this is the right one.

      =COUNTIFS(D7:D9,">="&AC10,D7:D9,"<="&AD10)

  19. I have a value in cell "A1" (80). A value in cell "B1" (70). Cell "C1" has a formula (=B1-A1) which yields "-10" in "C1".

    Cell "D1" has a formula: if(C1<=-10,"yes","")

    It works and I get a "yes" if the value in "C1" is less than -10 but I get a blank ("") if the value EQUALS "C1".
    If I type in "-10" into cell "D1" it recognizes the "=" part of the function and it works.

    I tried substituting "≤" for "<=" to no avail.

  20. Hi..
    The formula in column C is IF(A1=B1,1,0)

    B B 1
    C C 1
    B B 1
    A A 0
    C C 1
    A D 0
    C B 0
    A A 0
    D D 0
    D D 0
    B B 1
    A D 0

    Why it is returning zero for equal values... like D D should return 1

  21. What formulae do i use to get the performance status as per below matrix

    % Achieved Market Performance Status
    100% Top Performer
    Above 90% Satisfactory Performer
    Below 90% Unsatisfactory Performer

  22. Hello I have a formula in mind, but I can't write it down in excel maybe you can help me with it.
    We have a range between 500 and 600, if a result is lower than 500 then its equal 0, but if its higher or equal than 500 we multiply the result by 2. But maximum result be multiplied by 2 can be up to 600. So if we have a result 700, only 600 will be multiplied by 2.

    Do you know what I mean?

  23. what formula do I use for table type fee schedule like values greater than 0 but not less than or equal to 500 and get 30 for its answer? please help me

  24. How to compare. ...true r false....example

    F1. G1. Diff

    Timestamp. TIME_STAMP

  25. Hi! What formula can be used for:

    - Let's say the salary is in column G55.
    - So, G55 > $1,600 but < $1,500...contribution should detected as $6.20.

      1. Thank you! The article was a great help!!

  26. Need one help

    Example:

    I have INR 400 .

    I need following logic

    1St INR 200 should be allocated in 35%
    1St INR 80 should be allocated in 30%
    and balance to be allocated in 35%

    Please help

  27. Hi,

    I want to achieve the following please:
    cell D1 and E1 have different dates and the result of the dates is in cell F1 with Today() function.
    cell G1 have a text "Done", whenever type "Done" in G1, it should reflect to cell F1 by ignoring whatever in cell F1.

    1. Hi!
      From your description it is very difficult to understand what is written in cell F1. But you can completely replace the contents of this cell, ignoring everything in it, only with the help of a VBA macro.
      We have already written many times that an Excel formula can only change the cell in which it is written.

      1. CELL"D" CELL"E" CELL"F" =E1-TODAY() CELL"G"
        17/01/2022 25/04/2022 67 Days Done
        20/01/2022 09/03/2022 20 Days

        above example,
        Cell F have the difference of Cell E and Today() in days, so when I type "Done" in Cell G,
        Cell F values (67Days) to be replaced as "Done"

          1. Thank you - That's what I want - Excellent

            Thanks a million.

  28. Hello all,

    I really need urgent help with regards to if operator. I have some dates in column A and other in column B. I want to keep the maximum of both the dates. So I use the following code: IF (A1>B1, A1,B1). While this works beautifully when we dont have blanks or hyphens. But in some case where a cell is having a hyphen it gives me a hyphen again in my new generated column, which I dont want, I want whatever available year is there in either column A or column B it should come out in my new generated column.

    A B C [if A>=B, A,B)
    1990 1995 1995
    2000 - - [I want this to be as 2000]

    What is problematic when I go for a <= code in the same shown example then I do get whatever the available year is. By this I mean the following:

    A B C [if A<=B, A,B)
    1990 1995 1990
    2000 - 2000[I want this to be as 2000]

    Why this discrepancy is happening, where am I going wrong here? Is something there that I am missing out?

    P.S. Since my analysis has some other connected codes in the same column, I cannot delete hyphens and keep them as blanks. And neither I can use a max code because max gives you 0 in case both the columns A and B have blanks which again is not desirable for me.

    Please help!!!

    1. Hello!
      You are comparing a number with a character and therefore get the wrong result. Use the ISNUMBER function to test a value for a number.

      =IF(IF(ISNUMBER(A1),A1,0)>IF(ISNUMBER(B1),B1,0),A1,B1)

  29. Hi Alexander,

    In the first tab I have a list of words "orange" Cell A1 , "banana" CellA2, "pear" cell A3 etc. In the second tab I have a number of other words "ba" CellA1, "ae" CellA2, "xg" Cell A3 etc. I need to write a formula to compare each word in the first tab against all the words in the second tab and if there is a match to any of the words, to return True/False,

    For example,
    A1 Orange = False (not matches to anything in the second tab)
    A2 Banana = TRUE (matches to 'ba' in cell A1 - second tab)
    A3 Pear = TRUE (matches to 'ea' in the Cell A2 - second tab)

    What formula do you think I can use to do that?

    Thank you!

    1. Hello!
      If I understand your task correctly, the following formula should work for you:

      =IF(SUM(IFERROR(SEARCH(Sheet1!A1,Sheet2!$A$1:$A$10)*(Sheet2!$A$1:$A$10<>""),0)) + SUM(IFERROR(SEARCH(Sheet2!$A$1:$A$10,Sheet1!A1)*(Sheet2!$A$1:$A$10<>""),0)) > 0,TRUE,FALSE)

      I hope I answered your question. If something is still unclear, please feel free to ask.

      1. Thank you! This is amazing, it worked!

  30. Assume that there are 3 independent columns in excel with both plus and negative values. The first two columns need to be added and the sign (positive or negative) of the result is noted. Also, note the sign of the 3rd column value on the same row. Then both signs should be compared. If both signs are the same then print “c” on the 4th column. If the signs are different print “w” on the 4th column. Take the 3rd column zero value as a negative value in case you get a zero on the 3rd column. Thanks for your help.

    1. Hi!
      Please use the following formula:

      =IF((A1+B1)*IF(C1=0,-1,C1) > 0,"C","W")

      I hope I answered your question.

  31. IF MY PARAMETERS ARE: IF A SQUAR IS(<than 1M IN WIDTH and < than 25M IN LENTH and <than100M2 in squares( IT WILL BE "patching" otherwise it will be "milling"

    What would be the formula

  32. I have 4 values in different cells MP-50, UP-20,HP-40 AND AP-6 . how to compare a cell value is less than or equal to this value . If a cell contain MP-7 than pls give me formula to solve this

  33. Description A/C Description A/C
    Opening Balance Opening Balance Assets
    Rolling Chair Rolling Chair Assets
    Color & Brush Color & Brush Assets
    Steel Nail Steel Nail Assets

    I want to copy A/C as entering description in first column and it auto collect A/C from last column

  34. Dear sir,
    kindly help to set formula in excel for to compare two value which is greater than the grater value will be multiple to other value in between two value
    please kindly help me sir

      1. Dear sir,
        if Cell A1 and B1 is comparing with these two which is a greater value in between A1 and B1 to multiple with other value or cell example A1B1 whichever is greater the greater cell is multiple with C1

        1. Hi!
          I asked you to write an example. This means using numbers and writing in which cells they are written. What are you comparing A1 and B1 to? What is A1B1?

          1. Example ( A:1 100 box, B:1 50 box, if i want to take in this which is greater in these two to price for boxes which one is higher box quantity to multiple with a reasonable amount to the supplier suppose
            if A:1 have 100 box B:1 have 50 box
            greater of these two A:1><B:1 to detect automatically which one is greater and then to multiple as per price

            1. Hi!
              I’m sorry but your description doesn’t give me a complete understanding of your task. However, I’ll try to guess and offer you the following formula:

              =IF(A1>B1,G1*C1,G1*D1)

              1. Thanks a lot, Sir its work and it help me your genius thank you very much sir very very thanks

  35. my D column has two options: Apple, Orange
    my E column is the dispense
    My F column is the due date; based on type and dispense date

    Question:
    If D says apple then my F is 21 days from E
    If D says orange then my F is 28 days from E

    How do I format my due date?

      1. I'm making a computation for a crypto game, what is the proper formula for this? I want to leave my battle result column blank but it's still showing "Lose". Can anyone help me with this? Thanks in advance!

        =IF(E8>3,"Win",IF(E8<3,"Lose",IF(OR(E8=0,ISBLANK(E8))," ")))

        This is the formula that I used.

        1. Hello!
          If I got you right, the formula below will help you with your task:

          =IF(E8>3,"Win",IF(OR(E8=0,ISBLANK(E8))," ","Lose"))

          1. Hi Alexander! I tried the formula above and it worked! I truly appreciate it!

  36. Hello, I have a specific need which I have not been able to work out through all my trials and searching. I need the fill color of A5 to be yellow if C5 is 240 greater than B5 but less than 351 more than B5. And also need A5 fill color to be red if C5 is greater than 350 more than B5. Is there a formula for this? Example: A5 is yellow fill when B5=2210 and C5=2505, and A5 is red fill when B5=1965 and C5=2475. Is there a formula out there for this? I appreciate any help to come my way.

  37. why this is not working in case of custom data validation =OR((F5"Book1"),(F5"Book2"),(F5"Book3"))

  38. i am not sure how to do it

  39. How about this conditions,kindly help.

    If the value in A1 is greater than or equal to 250 but not equal to 400,return 250, and if A1 is greater that or equal to 400 but not equal to 800,return 400, and if the value in A1 is greater than or equal to 800 bit not equal to 2000,return 800.

  40. Why oh why does this not work:
    IF(AND($D$3="Smith Inc.",$A$2=2),C4+D4,C4)

    1. Hello!
      I don’t know your data source, so I can’t help. Please describe your problem in more detail. It’ll help me understand it better and find a solution for you.

    2. I'm not sure what's happening when i post my comment, but it's removing the "not equal symbols " The formula should read IF(AND(D3 "does not equal Smith Inc.",A2=2),C4+D4,C$)

  41. Please help with formula. I am working on a project management dashboard.

    I am wanting one cell in the sheet to count the number of times each status is chosen; status was created as "text from drop down list; created list with data validation rule.", the listed choices are: "In Progress", "On Track", "Stalled", "Overdue", "Not Started", and "Complete".

    On my reporting sheet, I have created a cell labeled as "Project Status". In this cell, I need a formula that can calculate how many times each status from the list is chosen and the average of those instances. Finally, I want it to calculate the averaged information as an over all status for the project.

      1. Much appreciated. I will give that a shot.

  42. I have a table and I want to do advanced filtering to find persons with name only beginning with the letter "B" how would I do this?

  43. Please help with the formula to be used in counting the number of Students with the range of 75 - 79.

    That is the data. Thanks, please

    83
    83
    83
    83
    83
    83
    83
    77
    81
    82
    75
    75
    89
    89
    79
    75
    79
    79
    81
    91
    85
    77
    76
    80
    90
    88
    79
    90
    80

    1. Hello!
      You can use array formula

      =FREQUENCY(A1:A29,{75,79})

      Press Ctrl + Shift + Enter so that array function to work.

      It will return 3 values:
      The first is the count of numbers is less than or equal to 75
      Second, the count of numbers is greater than 75 and less than or equal to 79.
      Third - more than 79

  44. Can you explain how Excel might be able to perform the following function?

    A 'true' cell contains the 24 characters A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K,L,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12. A 'false' cell contains duplicated and omitted characters - such as cell A,A,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K,L,1,1,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12.

    However, if this false cell A,A,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K,L,1,1,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12 is cancelled out by another false cell B,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K,L,2,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12, then these two cells are collectively true because every character occurs the same number of times (twice in this example).

    The project I'm working on involves large numbers of these false cells produced by a fairly random process. Can Excel identify sets of complementary cells that are collectively true? (these sets could be pairs - as in the above example - triplets, quadruplets, or more. Note that the whole list needn't be collectively true...just that collectively true sets of cells can be located by searches.)

    1. Hello!
      If I understood the problem correctly, your task requires a very large number of comparisons. Even if there are 5 cells, the number of possible combinations is 120. This is a complex solution that cannot be found with a single formula. If you have a specific question about the operation of a function or formula, I will try to answer it.

  45. I am trying to get a formula to work to pull a price from a different page based on a number on my main page. ex. if the number is greater than 0 but less than 5 it is one price but if it greater than 5 and less than 10 it is another. Any suggestions?

  46. Hi,

    I have the following censored datasets reported during microbiological assay -
    < 1
    < 4
    < 10
    < 6
    < 5
    < 4

    Is it possible to determine the mean and SD of such numbers? If yes, how? And how can such numbers be further statistically analyzed?

  47. Hi.
    I am doing the lateness attendance record. We have 2 shift, morning and evening. For example, those who comes above 0706 and 1906 is late.
    If I need to put it into formula, how do I do it?
    I was thinking to do =if(A2>0705,"L") but how do I combine it with evening shift.

    1. Hello!
      The information you provided is not enough to understand your case and give you any advice, sorry.In what format is your time recorded? In text format like number or time format? Give an example of the source data and the expected result.
      It’ll help me understand it better and find a solution for you.

      1. How about this conditions

        If the value in A1 is greater than or equal to 250 but not equal to 400,return 250, and if A1 is greater that or equal to 400 but not equal to 800,return 400, and if the value in A1 is greater than or equal to 800 bit not equal to 2000,return 800

  48. Use a formula to define the Students Marks Grade as given below in Column G.
    >=80 is "A", >=60 to ==35 to =<59 is "C", =<34 is "Not Eligible".

  49. plz check where is incorect

    =IF(AND(L5>80,L585,L590,L595,L5100),I5*100%,0)))))

    2. =IF(AND(L5>80,L585,L590,L595,L5100),I5*100%,0)))))

  50. I have a cell that needs to auto calculate an amount if a 25% is not achieved to make the cell equal to 25. Is there a way for excel to auto calculate that value?

    Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.

    1. Hello!
      Sorry, it's not quite clear what you are trying to achieve. From what date do you calculate 25%? Do you want to calculate the sum or set the value to 25? Please describe your problem in more detail. Include an example of the source data and the result you want to get. It’ll help me understand your request better and find a solution for you.

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