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. That is so weird - that bottom one is not the formula I wrote - it changed when I hit enter... It said: =IF(AND(B435>=1,B435=1,C435=1,D435<=5),1,0)

  2. It has been 20 years since I last took a boolean class...
    I have a simple basic combination of IF(AND( >= to problems for you....
    I am trying to make a simple entry to say: if the number in these three locations are ALL greater than 5 - then count it as one.

    =IF(AND(B439>5,C439>5,D439>5),1,0) -

    But here is the catch: I need zero to be counted as a ten place holder. So I need it to count all numbers in these locations which equal 6, 7, 8, 9, & 0.

    At the other end of the stick - I also need it to count everything greater than 0 and less than 6. So I need it to count all numbers in these locations which equal 1, 2, 3, 4, & 5. Ignoring the zero...

    But for some reason the combinations of Greater than and equal to refuse to give me the answer I need.... Help....

    Can't seem to ever find the right examples of multiple combinations of nested Boolean...

    1. I tried this - but it doesn't work:
      =IF(AND(B435=0,B435>=6,C435=0,C435>=6,D435=0,D435>=6),1,0)

      This does seem to work with the count 1 to 5:
      =IF(AND(B435>=1,B435=1,C435=1,D435<=5),1,0)

      Not sure what th difference is - but there must be one. The bottom one works and the top one does not...

      1. MANY MANY THANKS! I was trying all kinds of versions - even played with NOT commands nothing worked. Your solution is GOD send.

      2. Hi Steven,

        The difference is that the logical test in the first formula can never be TRUE because a number cannot be equal to 0 and greater than 6 at the same time :)
        You need a combination of OR and AND statements in this case:
        =IF(AND(OR(B435=0,B435>=6), OR(C435=0,C435>=6), OR(D435=0,D435>=6)), 1, 0)

  3. How can I conditionally format a cell if it requires 2 conditions to be meet. Also, both of the cells have to meet a secondary condition.

    example:
    Cell A1 to be formatted: Cell D3 must be greater than C3, and Cell T3 must be grater than cell S3.

  4. trying to come up with a formula stating if cell 1 = cell 2 and cell 3 then cell 4 is the answer

  5. =IF(I18500,I18-500*0.1+40))

  6. =IF(I18500,I18-500*0.1+40))

    Pls help

  7. 0-4, 7-10, 11-15 these are days
    SECURITY DEBIT BAL 0-4 7-10 11-15 16-20 21-25 26-30 31-60 >60 Payment
    264000 152717 152717
    519000 413382 2500 410882
    634000 2402376 703575 757620 776181 80000 70000 15000 835245
    433000 143055 143055

    hi excel we unable to less the one payemnt (835245) in diffrent coloums, kindly help. which formula i have to use

  8. Hi All,
    I need to create a formula Like. If cell2 value is greater than 50% of cell1 value. Like cell1 value is 20 and if cell2 value is greater than 10 (which is greater than 50% of cell one value) then it says yes. Kindly assist me.
    Thank you!

  9. Hi
    I'm trying to make a formula for if B3 is > 0= "Post Firm" , B3 is <0 = "PRE FIRM"
    Basically if its less than zero PRE FIRM, greater than 0 POST FRIM will populate.

  10. I trying to create 'conditional formating' to highight the cell red if it's not empty and lower than 3. However I got error when I "use a formula to determine which cell to format" as below:
    =$J5"",$J5<3

    I must have missed some basic rules and get the error. Looking for your kind assitance to advise the correct method.

    Thanks

  11. Dear Concern,

    Good Morning.

    I need a help regarding the issue.

    Amount TK
    1 to 400 5
    401 to 1500 10
    1501 to 5000 15
    5001 to above 25

    Thanking you,

    Kaisar

  12. how to round if Rs 7851.50/- is 'above' round to Rs.7860/- and round if Rs. 7850.40/- below round to Rs.7850/- in excel formula

  13. Formulas IF Cell A1 IS NOT EQUAL TO Cell B2 or Cell A1 is blank then it is to be considered as Cell C1 data

  14. Hi!
    Need Ur Help .
    IF cell A1 is having date is not equal to B1 having date or cell A1 is balnk then it is to be considered as C1 cell date

  15. Dear mam, I am a beginner for excel formula. My query is that i have many values in in column C in different rows. My condition is that to find out this value as minimum of 30 or equal to 30 but not less than 15 in column D. it's a value not true or false ie
    If in a row a value is 9 in column c, then come to 15 in column d, if it is 22 in column c, then come to 22 in column d and if 45 in column c, then come to 30 in column d. how and what formula, i can use for it.
    thanks with regards,
    JK Singh

  16. Hi
    My current formula is =IF(C21,D21/C21,"") what I need is if cell C21>D21by .50 then my percentage should be 100

    Ex.
    9hr worked / 8.50hr booked then 100% Completion

  17. Hello,

    How do i go about this; I am using this function =IF(I7=1,"NPE",IF(I7=2<2.9,"BAE",IF(I7=3<3.9,"AE",IF(I7=4<4.9,"SE",IF(I7=5,"EE",))))) and i am getting '0' as the 'value if true'. Pls help.

  18. My case is for my item analysis in school.

    E.g. 35 students in a class

    The table says if:
    75% above of the class size is M
    <75% to 50% of the class size is NM
    <50% below of the class size is LM

    Can you help me to create a formula for this case. Thank you.

    1. Hello, James,
      Please try the following formula:
      =IF(A1 >= 75%, "M", IF(A1 >= 50%, "NM", "LM"))

      You can learn more about Nested IF function in Excel in this article on our blog.
      Hope you’ll find this information helpful.

  19. Hi,

    I am trying to convert positive $ value to negative value if that positive value for an account number greater than 4 but less than 5. Can you please let me know what formula can I use to get that result?
    Thanks

  20. Hi,

    I have two results in excel: 37.9% and 29.8%, how to type formula to say that if both of them are within 1% then report mean, if the difference is greater then the preferred result is taken as lower of the two values.

    Thank you

  21. I have a data four cell in excel now i want to summation both of data but if i input one cell less then 9 or equal to any character the output will be zero. How can i solve this issue. plzz do the ans for the question.

  22. Hi Svetlana,

    First I want to mention that I respect if you do not have the time to help and since you actually are making an income working with Excel I understand if you do not are able to help out.

    I have searched on Internet "everywhere", but do not find the correct "programming" that works for me in my Excel sheet.

    To start with, I work with time and a sheet using 24 hour and beyond this. Time can start at 21:00 and finish at 28:00 or 14:30 ending at 25:20 (that is the data I have (working hours and the extra amount of money we get working late)).

    19-22 and 22-30
    The rules I try to set is to find time that passes 19:00 and ends before 30:00 (06:00). Also I want to know if how much time is between 19:00 - 22:00 and how much is between 22:00 and 30:00.

    Break (no extra payment)
    For an example working hours are 14:00-23:30. Then we get three hours of extra payment between 19:00-22:00 and a higher amount of money between 22:00-23:30. But we do not get paid that extra money, below I have added a break between 18.30-19:30.

    First I want to extract the 19:30 into one cell, 22:00 to the next, after that also 22:00 separately and at the end 23:30.

    This is how I want it to look...

    C2-14:00 Work starts (actual data)
    C3-23:30 Work ends (actual data)
    C4-18:30 Break starts (actual data, no payment from this time)
    C5-19:30 Break ends (actual data, no payment to this time)
    C6-19:30 Start time of lower payment (=IF... ) to get this result
    C7- 22:00 End time of lower payment (=IF... ) to get this result
    C8-22:00 Start time of higher payment (=IF... ) to get this result
    C9-23:30 End time of higher payment (=IF... ) to get this result

    Also to make sure the formulas work if the working hours are between 16:00-25:02 break at 21:20-22:40, 21:30-29:50 break at 25:00, 24:01-31:00 or 23:40-28:00 breaks embedded at any time...
    I have tried this, but could not make it work.

    Will this take to much time to write formulas that makes this work?

    Best regards

    Tom S

  23. Hi Svetlana,

    First I want to mention that I respect if you do not have the time to help and since you actually are making an income working with Excel I understand if you do not are able to help out.

    I have searched on Internet "everywhere, but do not find the correct "programming" that works for me in my Excel sheet.

    To start with, I work with time and a sheet using 24 hour and beyond this. Time can start at 21:00 and finish at 28:00 or 14:30 ending at 25:20 (that is the data I have (working hours and the extra amount of money we get working late)).

    19-22 and 22-30
    The rules I try to set is to find time that passes 19:00 and ends before 30:00 (06:00). Also I want to know if how much time is between 19:00 - 22:00 and how much is between 22:00 and 30:00.

    Break (no extra payment)
    For an example working hours are 14:00-23:30. Then we get three hours of extra payment between 19:00-22:00 and a higher amount of money between 22:00-23:30. But we do not get paid that extra money, below I have added a break between 18.30-19:30.

    First I want to extract the 19:30 into one cell, 22:00 to the next, after that also 22:00 separately and at the end 23:30.

    This is how I want it to look...

    C2-14:00 Work starts (actual data)
    C3-23:30 Work ends (actual data)
    C4-18:30 Break starts (actual data, no payment from this time)
    C5-19:30 Break ends (actual data, no payment to this time)
    C6-19:30 Start time of lower payment (=IF... ) to get this result
    C7- 22:00 End time of lower payment (=IF... ) to get this result
    C8-22:00 Start time of higher payment (=IF... ) to get this result
    C9-23:30 End time of higher payment (=IF... ) to get this result

    Also to make sure the formulas work if the working hours are between 16:00-25:02 break at 21:20-22:40, 21:30-29:50 break at 25:00, 24:01-31:00 or 23:40-28:00 breaks embedded at any time...
    I have tried this, but could not make it work.

    Will this take to much time to write formulas that makes this work?

    Best regards

    Tom S

  24. I need a formula that figures out how many entries in a range and then divides by that about of entries. Example if A1= 0, A2, = 3, A4=5 then divide by 2.

    Thank you for your help. I actually have 7 entries - 1 for each day of the week, and want to divide only by the days that actually have a number greater than 0. So what I need is the sum of the 7 days then divide by only the number that had an actual value greater than 0.

    Thank you!

    1. Hi Pauline, I hope you already received a response, but if not here's my answer. You would use the Countif function. It would look like this:
      =COUNTIF(B1:B3,">0") the function looks at the cells B1 to B3 and returns a number between 0 and 3 depending on how many of the cells have a value higher than 0.

  25. Que. If A1>B1 & C1=D1 then bonus will be (A1*0.002), but If A1>B1 & C1=D1 and F1>G1 & H1=I1 then bonus will be ((A1+F1)*0.002*2). Please suggest correct formula to be used?

  26. If I got many data to lookup, how to enter the data by using if formula?

    Ex: =if(A1>=1000,900,if(A1>=900,850........and so on)

    Please assist me, thanks.

  27. i need a formula for a completion time for each department for example IF any department goes 20 min ahead or behind produce which is F2 highlight Red if all departments are going to finish within 20 min of each other highlight Green my range is F2-F8

  28. Hi,
    I have a set of number in a columns from 12 to 30 & I want result for them in 2 word
    that can be more than 15 or less than 15. Is there a way I can get a formula result for these number. thank you

    1. Abdul:
      If I understand your question an IF THEN OTHERWISE statement will work for you. Where the first number is in A2 enter this in B2:
      =IF(A2<15,"Less Than 15","More Than 15")
      It says, if the value in A2 is less than 15 then display "Less Than 15" otherwise display "More Than 15".

  29. I have a column that has taken the difference between two columns.

    I want to extract any variances greater than 10K (so more than 10K or less than negative 10K) AND greater than 10% or less than negative 10%

    I just want it go return that number if both conditions are met - or return a blank

    What is the easy way to look at any difference more than a certain amount - whether that be negative or positive?

  30. Hi there,

    trying to write an excel formula for the following:-

    if a1 is greater than or less than b2 by more than 5% then colour cell? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

  31. I applied a formula like
    =A1
    then it shows whatever is there in A1 . But if A1 is blank then its showing 0 instead of blank.
    I want it blank if it is blank in A1

    1. Hello, Manu.
      Please try to apply the formula below instead:

      =IF(ISBLANK(A1), "", A1)

      Hope this is what you need.

  32. IF A1=25001 to 50000 & B1=yeas than C1=D1*10%, IF not match C1= 0
    IF A1=50001 to 75000 & B1=yeas than C1=D1*15%, IF not match C1= 0

  33. IF(E8>60<90,F8,0)

    THIS FORMULA NOT GIVEING MY ANSWER

      1. =IF((AND(E8>60, E84,R5<=4)),AE5,VLOOKUP(AE5,VALIDATION!$M$3:$P$24,4))

      2. great

  34. Hi
    I need kind help in this situation, i want excel formula:-

    "Percentage apply on
    Minimum " Maximum Tax amount Difference
    Amount Amount Fixed Minimum and Maximum"
    4,800,001 To 99,900,000,000 300,000 15.0%
    2,400,001 To 4,800,000 60,000 10.0%
    1,200,001 To 2,400,000 - 5.0%
    800,001 To 1,200,000 2,000
    400,001 To 800,000 1,000
    Zero To 400,000 -

    Note { Provided that where the taxable income exceeds Rs. 800,000/- the Minimum tax payable shall be Rs. 2,000/- }

  35. I have an IF statement that looks at one cell and depending on what "class code" I have in that cell it refers to another cell then adds that number into the calculation. This is working fine but I want it to then put 0 instead of a negative number. I tried adding If(<0,0,) but it is not working and I have tried several variations of less than zero. Any suggestions?

    1. Malissa:
      Can you post the formula that was working?

  37. Thank you for your response!

    The formula you offered of course works on that cell, thank you! But I am wondering if I have a whole column of say 3000 entries in column A with say 50 different words that I am looking to label, the IF statement will get very long.

    Excel suggests to use IFS statements instead of IF statements, but as you say, you can't use an IFS statement when searching for a substring.

    Trying to find a practical solution...

  38. 21080931
    21079882
    21079117
    21080035
    21234
    21225
    22225
    21228
    I WANT TO ADD DOT (.)AFTER 2 NUMBERWHICH LEN IS GREATER THAN 6 NO
    AND WHICH IS SMALLER THAN 5NO ADD ONLY 1 DOT (.)AFTER THE VERY FIRST 2 NO. PLEASE HELP ME
    EX=
    21.07.98
    21.07.9117
    21.08.0035
    21.234
    21.225
    22.225
    21.228

    1. 21080931 =IF((LEN(A1)<6),LEFT(A1,2)&"."&MID(A1,3,20),LEFT(A1,2)&"."&MID(A1,3,2)&"."&MID(A1,5,20))

  39. Charlie:
    As you have discovered an IFS statement won't work when you are searching for a substring within a string. However, using IF and SEARCH together along with ISNUMBER will produce the result you want.
    There are some fancier ways to get there and I will leave it to you to discover those on your own, but this is a simple method and it works just fine. Where TownPetShop8009898999 is in A89 enter this in B89.
    =IF(A89="","",IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("*PET*",A89)),"Pet Supplies")) Any string containing "Pet" will return "Pet Supplies".
    You can do the same with the CVS string.

  40. I would like to use an operator to identify a word contained in a phrase to create a list.

    Simple IFS formula can't seem to find a word in a phrase.
    Is there an operator for if a word is contained in a phrase?

    SPECIFICALLY:
    I am trying to label a list in a column, say column A. Each item in Column A contains a phrase. In column B I want to be able to label the phrase in column A based on whether it contains that word.
    For ex:
    Column A:
    A1: TownPetShop8009898999
    A2: CVSdrugs898474747

    Column B: I would like to label Column B as follows:
    If it's "Pet", it would enter "Pet supplies " in Column B
    If it's "CVS", it would enter "Pharmacy " in Column B

    The problem is that the entrees in Column A vary, but will contain the key words such as "CVS" or "Pet" mixed with other info that varies from cell to cell.
    Any ideas?

  41. Thank you so much!
    I came across your page while looking for a way to display a value only if A1-B1 is greater than zero and this worked perfectly!

    The logical formula was more appropriate in my case because it was for accounting. When I used the IF formula, a big fat FALSE was placed in all of the cells where the formula was false, whereas, with the logical formula, those cells displayed only a dash in the center.

    Thank you again!

  42. Hello
    I have tried to entered the following formula:
    IF(0<=H16<=8;H16;8)
    that when the H16 is greater to 8 it works (and results: 8) BUT when it is between the 0 and 8, the logical result is FALSE (!!!!) and results also 8!!!!

    Any idea?
    Thank you in advance.

  43. I NEED FORMULA FOR A function if we multiply (3*v33) is=f the value less than or eqaul to 150, then it should come 150 in BA36 column

    PLS HELP

  44. If cell A has 900,000 as value and Cell B returns varied value i.e 200,000, I want Cell C to record the difference between the addition of cell A & B only when the value is above 1000000. For example Cell C will record 100,000. If the value in cell B is 300000, then C will return a value of 200,000.
    Thanks

  45. HELP ME WITH THIS; =IF(A4>=14500+A4),IF(A4<14500+0

    1. Evarist:
      The statement in this cell is incomplete.
      Right now it says, If A4 is greater than or equal to 14,500 + A4 or if A4 is less than 14,500 and this is as far as the statement goes.
      What do you want to display in this cell?
      What are you trying to say with the statement?

  46. =(PROJECT.xlsx!WWC51_DOM)

    trying to use another sheet as a reference while using the a cell from the original sheet to dictate which cell data from the other sheet to pull.

    =(PROJECT.xlsx!('[ACESII Kit Time Change 1574.xlsx]sheet1'$A$1)_DOM)

    -project is the 2ed sheet
    -acesii time change is the original sheet. *this sheet is the sheet the formula will be placed in.*
    -the "_dom" is the last four characters of each cell name in the 2ed data sheet. ex (wwc51_dom) (wwc21_dom)
    - the second formula is the one i came up with but it isn't working. what i want is to use a cell from the original excel sheet to be my (WWC#), so that when i change the cell with the (WWC#) the formula placed on a different cell within the original sheet will display the WWC# information from the 2ed sheet.
    ex: cell will read WWC51_DOM *DATE* / when i change the WWC# to WWC21_DOM, it'll pull WWC21 dates.
    -1st & 2ed sheets are different excel documents
    -sorry for the complicated question if theres a better way or if you could fix this it'd be greatly appreciated. Thanks

    1. Danny:
      I think what you're trying to accomplish can be done via a VLOOKUP formula.
      Take a look at the articles here on AbleBits dealing with VLOOKUP or even INDEX/MATCH and see what you think.
      If you need help after that post another question with some sample data if you can.

  47. please help me about this

    when I set or input value in a cell I would like it to return its value to 0 when I hit enter and the data will be added to another cell which is the total in excel thank you so much in advance in your reply

    new value= 1(a1) total value= 10(a2) this is whats on my mind that will happened

    new value=0 (a1) total value= 11(a@)

    thank you in advance

  48. hi
    i want a formula for

    4515 to be rounded to near 90's or 150's as per the situation be

    eg, if i got 2030 then the formula should bring the answer as 2050, and if there is a value as 1010 then it should round it to 990

    if the value is more than 120 then it should round it to near it's 150s and if the value is less than 120 then it should round it to near it's 90's

    plz help

  49. Hi,

    I'm trying to compare two cells with equal $ values, but different formulas, with =A1=A2. Sometimes I get TRUE, sometimes FALSE.

    The $ values are definitely the same!

    Any help would be appreciated.

    Thank you

  50. I'm working on performance review spreadsheets and I need a formula that will show me:

    If >1 but 2 but <3 "Inconsistent to Proficient" and if = 2 ""Inconsistent" and if =3 then "Proficient"

    1. Jasmine:
      The logic isn't clear.
      Both 2 and 3 are greater than 1, so the formula will break.
      Should the first statement be:
      If cell value =1 then "Inconsistent to Proficient" ?
      Is there a score greater than 1 but less than 3 that is not 2?

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