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. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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?

  4. 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?

  5. 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)))

  6. 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!

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

  8. 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.

  9. 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))

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

  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. 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.

  14. 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!

  15. 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

  16. 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

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

    thank you
    Paul

    1. Hi Paul,

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  18. 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.

  19. 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.

  20. 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

  21. 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

  22. 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.

  23. 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")))

  24. 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

  25. i want to highlight false if condition is

    A B C
    650000 650000 650000

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

  26. 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.

  27. 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.

  28. 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 ?

  29. 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

  30. 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

  31. DEAR CONGRATS,

    YOUR SUPPORT IS AMAZING,
    PLEASE HELP ME IN SAMPLE FORMULA OF
    TRG VS ACH IF 100% ACH THEN YES WITH COLOR TAP IF NOT THEN WITH OTHER COLOR TAP.
    THANKS

  32. Hello looking for help on a spread sheet that I am making for the baseball team, basically you have two teams score one in A1 and the other in A2, say the score in A1 is 5 and A2 is 8. then I have a win and a lost column say B4 is win and B5 is lost. I am trying to make it once you put the score in it will mark the win or lost box for me.

    thanks

  33. The formula above got a little funky, this is the one I am using (Only the first one is different)

    =IF(AND(B4>=1,B4=51,B4=76,B4=101,B4=126,B4=151,B4=176,B4=201,B4=226,B4=251,B4=276,B4=301,B4=326,B4=351,B4=375,B4=401,B4=426,B4=451,B4=476,B4=501,B4=534,B4=567,B4=600,B4=634,B4=667,B4=700,B4=733,B4=766,B4=799,B4=832,B4=865,B4=898,B4=931,B4=964,B4=997,B4=1051,B4=1101,B4=1151,B4=1201,B4=1251,B4=1301,B4=1351,B4=1401,B4=1451,B4=1501,B4=1551,B4=1601,B4=1651,B4=1701,B4=1751,B4=1801,B4=1851,B4=1901,B4=1951,B4=2001,B4=2101,B4=2201,B4=2301,B4=2401,B4=2501,B4=2601,B4=2701,B4=2801,B4=2901,B4=3001,B4=3101,B4=3201,B4=3301,B4=3401,B4=3501,B4=3601,B4=3701,B4=3801,B4=3901,B4=4001,B4=4101,B4=4201,B4=4301,B4=4401,B4=4501,B4=4601,B4=4701,B4=4801,B4=4901,B4=5001,B4=5101,B4=5201,B4=5301,B4=5401,B4=5501,B4=5601,B4=5701,B4=5801,B4=5901,B4=6001,B4=6101,B4=6201,B4=6301,B4=6401,B4=6501,B4=6601,B4=6701,B4=6801,B4=6901,B4=7001,B4=7101,B4=7201,B4=7301,B4=7401,B4=7501,B4=7601,B4=7701,B4=7801,B4=7901,B4=8001,B4=8101,B4=8201,B4=8301,B4=8401,B4=8501,B4=8601,B4=8701,B4=8801,B4=8901,B4=9001,B4=9101,B4=9201,B4=9301,B4=9401,B4=9501,B4=9601,B4=9701,B4=9801,B4=9901,B4<=10000),"135","")

  34. Hi!

    Your website has been a tremendous amount of help. Thank you for taking the time and effort to put this together.

    I'm presently working on a formula that has got me somewhat stumped.

    The issue I'm having is figuring out how to have my final formula infinite. I'd like the formula to increase the "" within every hundred.

    I could manually do an additional formula but I would be doing it forever!

    Example:
    If there was an additional formula after 10k it would be this but I would have to keep doing that for every 100.
    IF(AND(B4>=10001,B4=1,B4=51,B4=76,B4=101,B4=126,B4=151,B4=176,B4=201,B4=226,B4=251,B4=276,B4=301,B4=326,B4=351,B4=375,B4=401,B4=426,B4=451,B4=476,B4=501,B4=534,B4=567,B4=600,B4=634,B4=667,B4=700,B4=733,B4=766,B4=799,B4=832,B4=865,B4=898,B4=931,B4=964,B4=997,B4=1051,B4=1101,B4=1151,B4=1201,B4=1251,B4=1301,B4=1351,B4=1401,B4=1451,B4=1501,B4=1551,B4=1601,B4=1651,B4=1701,B4=1751,B4=1801,B4=1851,B4=1901,B4=1951,B4=2001,B4=2101,B4=2201,B4=2301,B4=2401,B4=2501,B4=2601,B4=2701,B4=2801,B4=2901,B4=3001,B4=3101,B4=3201,B4=3301,B4=3401,B4=3501,B4=3601,B4=3701,B4=3801,B4=3901,B4=4001,B4=4101,B4=4201,B4=4301,B4=4401,B4=4501,B4=4601,B4=4701,B4=4801,B4=4901,B4=5001,B4=5101,B4=5201,B4=5301,B4=5401,B4=5501,B4=5601,B4=5701,B4=5801,B4=5901,B4=6001,B4=6101,B4=6201,B4=6301,B4=6401,B4=6501,B4=6601,B4=6701,B4=6801,B4=6901,B4=7001,B4=7101,B4=7201,B4=7301,B4=7401,B4=7501,B4=7601,B4=7701,B4=7801,B4=7901,B4=8001,B4=8101,B4=8201,B4=8301,B4=8401,B4=8501,B4=8601,B4=8701,B4=8801,B4=8901,B4=9001,B4=9101,B4=9201,B4=9301,B4=9401,B4=9501,B4=9601,B4=9701,B4=9801,B4=9901,B4<=10000),"135","")

    Alternatively - If having it be infinite won't work, is there a way to make it so that a message "EXAMPLE" is returned instead of invalid if something over 10,000 is entered.

    Thank you so much in advance for your help.

  35. Hopefully you can help me out, I need to subtract 15 minutes when a value (A1) duration is below 6 hours and 30 minutes needs to be subtracted when the value is above 6 hours.
    You could help me out by getting the value 0:15 or 0:30 in a cell so I can subtract the values.

    thank you in advance

  36. I want to set a function in my sheet. My requirement is, If I type AIR/SEA in cell a1 then it should be convert on cell d1 for AIR=10 & SEA=30.

    Regards,
    Rozer

  37. i want to sum cell a5*b5 but the answer should be less than 16

    its important

  38. Check if E1(15) divided by A1(3) is greater than B1(6)???=if(E1............
    Like this!!!!

  39. Hi ,
    Good day!
    i want to compare the values in s26, s27, s28, s29,s30,s31,s32 and begest one shows in u31:
    if t>0 then u31show (Ok)
    if t=0 then u31 show (Good)
    otherwise (No)

    Regards
    Majed

  40. Hi Svetlana,
    Good day!
    i want to compare the values in s26, s27, s28, s29,s30,s31,s32 and begest one shows in u31:
    if t=0 then u31show (Ok)
    if t=0 then u31 show (Good)
    otherwise (No)

    Regards
    Majed

  41. hi,
    i have some problem with my work .
    there is tow coloum and have different value .i need whichever value is greater in both coloum with value in another coloum.

  42. We have a golf tournament every year. If a player has a handicap e.g 8 he gets a stroke reduction from his score at every hole that has a stroke index of 8 or less. What would be the formula that calculates the players score against the stroke index that reduces the gross score automatically by 1 shot at every hole that has a stroke index of 8 or less?

    Team 1 Hole 1 2 3 4
    S/I 11 7 5 17
    Kevin Kirk H'Cap 8 ? ? ? ?

  43. I am trying to set a banding
    if column A=B great but if not i need it to look at a different column and refer to a banding

    S>=8 anything above( goto columnx and subtract 8 from total to leave Y

    Hope this is enough info

  44. can someone help me how to Use a formula to define the age as given below.
    >=80 is ""Old"", >=60 to =35 to <59 is ""Middle"", <34 is ""Youth""."

    1. Hi BK

      the conditions which you have given are confusing

      assume that the conditions look like

      than you can use this formula

      Age should be 60-80 then old
      35-60 then middle
      below 35 youth

      =IF(AND(A1>=60,A1<=80),"Old",IF(AND(A1>=35,A1<=60),"Middle",IF(A1<35,"Youth"," ")))

      hope this is helpful

  45. how can I put this in formula?

    if cow# is above ave, multiply to 10%,if below ave multply 5%

    cow 12410
    cow 12979
    cow 13789
    cow 13861
    cow 13910
    cow 14320
    cow 14400

    ave 13667
    above ave 10%
    below ave 5%

  46. I WANT TO TAKE OUT THE PRICE OF A STONE SUPPOSE IT IS .66 AND IT SHOULD BE MULTIPLY BY ITS PRICE THEN WE SUB 32% FROM IT SO I TYPE THE FORMULA IN EXCEL SUPPOSE =(.66*28000-32%)THE RESULT IS 18479.68 I AM GETTING ITS VARRIES WHICH I HAVE TAKEN OUT FROM CALCULATOR THE CALCULATOR SHOWS 12566.4 PLZZZ HELP ME OUT I WANT TO DO IT IN LIMITED TIME WITH THE HELP OF EXCEL.

  47. I WANT TO TAKE OUT THE PRICE OF A STONE SUPPOSE IT IS .66 AND IT SHOULD BE MULTIPLY BY ITZ PRICE THEN WE SUB 32% FROM IT SO I TYPE THE FORMULA IN EXCEL SUPPOSE =(.66*28000-32%)THE RESULT IS 18479.68 I AM GETTING ITS VARRIES WHICH I HAVE TAKEN OUT FROM CALCULATOR THE CALCULATOR SHOWS 12566.4 PLZZZ HELP ME OUT I WANT TO DO IT IN LIMITED TIME WITH THE HELP OF EXCEL.

  48. I need a formula that turns a cell yellow, if the entered data is greater than the data from the previous day. And also turns the cell red once the high limit is reached.

  49. -Svetlana,
    Great site- thanks for such a great resource!
    I'm trying to create formula to show when a cell/number/Sum is higher than 42.5, then show that number in decimals. Can you help please?

    1. Hi Fred,

      Thank you for your kind words. I am not sure I fully understand your goal. Do you want to display no decimal places for numbers less than 42.5 and a certain number of decimal places, say 2, for numbers greater than 42.5? If so, you can use a formula similar to this:

      =IF(A1<=42.5, ROUND(A1,0), ROUND(A1,2))

      Instead of ROUND you can use any other Rounding function as your business logic requires.

      If you are looking for something different, please clarify.

  50. Hi Svetlana,
    Please help me.. my requirement are:
    condition=> =if(and(z9>=j10,z9 z10=i10
    or else=> z10="v"

    my current formula is =if(and(z9>=j10,z9<=k10),"wd","v"))

    where it is fine, but I want to reconstruct that "wd" or cell value appear to z10 is dependent to cell value of i10 (where I can enter either "wd" or "wn" from cell i10 but will appear to z10 once satisfy the condition if.

    Please note z9,j10,k10 are date format; and z10,i10 are text format.

    Many thanks!
    Marlone

    1. Hi Svetlana,
      Good day!
      I figured it out the correct syntax that I needed. I inspired with this blog and reviewed old comments until I got an idea and executed it, then it works...Good luck and thanks, you have a very helpful blog!

      Thanks and Regards!

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