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IF is one of the most popular and useful functions in Excel. Generally, you use an IF statement to test a condition and to return one value if the condition is met, and another value if the condition is not met. Continue reading

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  1. Hi cheusheva,
    I need to enter a formula that, if the given Date is lesser than or equal in a range of date exists; it should count the corresponding value of that particular date which is lesser than or equal, can you help me, I tried entering formula like here,
    ex: IF(A2<=D2:D234,COUNTIF(E2:E234,B2),""), but this isn't working...!

  2. if bob starts at 10am and ends at 12pm
    if sue starts at 10am and ends at 1pm

  3. I have a problem. it's a time sheet and across the top row is the times from open to close. next few rows down is the start and end times of all the workers from the time they start working to the time they end their shift. I need a formula to calculate their hours per work shift.

    Example of what I am working with

    A B C D total
    10am 11am 12pm 1pm
    bob start end 2
    sue start end 3

    1. I've tried using this formula but it won't add the texted cells, it just shows a 0.

      =SUM(IF(ISTEXT(C5:K5),1,0))

  4. Hi Can you please help me.

    I have a data set where the question asks: How many of the above products are produced in Namibia?

    The options in the questionnaire were: I don't know, not applicable and giving specific numbers such as 1 or 100.

    Butt the results of the data: came with different formats i.e. 1 to 10, or +-100. who do i evaluate those results in a data set of 450 cases to get the total number of products?

  5. hi Svetlana,

    could you please help me to get this below readings to nearest ten. for

    Example
    4204 to 4200
    5403 to 5400
    8439 to 8440
    8360 to 8360

  6. can you help me to get nearest 10

    for example 1844 it should need 1840
    and 1846 it should come automatically to 1850

    like this so plea help me to to get this formula

  7. how do i indicate a value for a particular month:

    if month=January, above cell + 31 days else above cell + 30 days

    What is the syntax for this function ?

    1. Hello Dharmesh,

      You can use a formula similar to this:
      =IF(month(A2)=1, A1+31, A1+30)

  8. Hello Svetlana,

    I wish to have something like this
    If M8 from 0 to 10% then 1
    If M8 from 10% to 20 % then 2
    If M8 from 20% to 30% then 3
    If M8 from 30% to 40% then 4
    If M8 more tjen 50% then 5

    So is this posibile in excel?
    Thank you in advanced

  9. I HAVE A FORMULA IN Cell J6 and I have another formula in g6. WHEN I ENTER ANOTHER FORMULA IN K6 =IF(SUM(G6*J6),G6*J6,"") i WILL GET RESULTS ONLY WHEN THE CELLS HAVE NUMBERS. BUT WHEN CELL J6 OR G6 IS EMPTY I GET THIS IN CELL K6 #VALUE! INSTEAD OF A BLANK CELL CAN YOU HELP ME

  10. hi,
    i have characters in row "A" in drop down box.
    i just need to display value depending on different products in row "A"
    for different products i have different value for multiplication . how can i do that on conditional bassis. suppose if i choose product A1 then it should choose multiply by 2, if i choose product "B" it should be multiply by 3 and so on

    1. Hi!

      Assuming the dropbox is in cell A1, and the value to multiply in B1, the formula goes as follows:

      =IF(A1="a",B1*2, IF(A1="b", B1*3, IF(A1="c", B1*4, "")))

  11. I am trying to figure out how to use excel to figure my time sheets. I have a computer program that will send me a print out that looks like this, I can import in excel and it would look like this..
    Example:

    CARRIE EVANS - CLERK
    Punch In Punch Out Reported Tips Time (Hours)
    Thu, 10-20-16, 6:50 am Thu, 10-20-16, 2:03 pm 0 7.217
    Fri, 10-21-16, 6:50 am Fri, 10-21-16, 2:00 pm 0 7.167

    I need an excel spreadsheet that I can Import this into and figure to the 15 min increments. Punch In is one cell and Punch out is one cell. I wish it was day, date, time all in different cells, but that is not the way it imports. Can anyone help me with this. Thank you

    1. each cell looks like this
      Punch in
      Thu, 10-20-16, 6:50 am
      Punch Out
      Thu, 10-20-16, 2:03 pm
      Reported Tips Time (Hours)
      0 7.217

  12. Please Help Me If Function below the condition

    1. From the basic salary of Rs 8250 to Rs 9700, Rs 4500 minimum basic salary at the rate of 50%.

    2. Base salary up to Rs 16,000 from Rs 9701, Rs 4800 minimum basic salary at the rate of 45%.

    3. From the basic salary of Rs 16001 to Rs 35500, Rs 7000 minimum basic salary at the rate of 40%.

    4. Rs 35501 and above base salary, up to 35% of the minimum wage of Rs 13800.

  13. hi,
    I am doing a template for quiz competition in excel, in excel book first sheet is for participants there is a questions and the seperate cells for typing ans
    if the answer is correct the mark will appear in the second sheet in the respective cells
    for this i am using if condition
    for ex: ans for 1st question "ABC" which enroll second sheet
    incase the participant gives the input as "BCA" instead of ABC how can i do

  14. Hi Svetlana

    Need a help to populate status on C3 based on A1 & B1 value on project tracker

    If Cell A1 & B1 is blank leave C3 value as Blank
    If Cell A1 have start date show C3 as "In-Progress"
    If Cell B1 have end date show C3 as "Completed"

    Thanks.

  15. Hello,

    How can i pull out birthday's of employee automatically using current date, for example, i have the list of the employee's with me , i just want the list to automatically pull out the employee's name who have their birthdays today.

    Thanks.

  16. Good day Svetlana,

    I have this simple formula,

    =if (A1B1, the function return "Failed".

    How can Excel compare a number with a string (5<N/A)?

    5<N/A should produce #Value or #Error...

    Kindly help.

  17. Hi! can you help me with a formula? i have sheet wherein C1=B1 multiplied to A1 but i want C1 to be blank if B1 is blank and C1=B1 if A1= 0 or blank..

    thanks

    1. Hello Clark,

      Try this one:

      =IF(B1="", "", IF(OR(A1=0, A1=""), B1, ""))

  18. I am trying to do an if formula for a Y n that if it hits a yes it then goes on to do a sum... but I cant get it to work, am I using the wrong formula
    =IF(J7="Y",P7/5,IF(J7=n,"0"))

    Please be kind as I am a novice

    1. Hi Peej,

      You need to enclose all text strings in double quotes, but not numbers:

      =IF(J7="Y", P7/5, IF(J7="n", 0, ""))

  19. Hi Svetlana
    I want to group golf scores into birdies, pars, bogeys and double bogeys. I have my golf scores in cells c4 - u4 and the course par for each hole is in c3 - u3

    eg hole 1 (c4) my score is 4 and par (c3) is 4 so I need a IF formula for cell k20 which is to add up all my pars for the round (18holes)
    If I scored 6 pars (6 times where my score in row 4 will equal the par for that hole in row 3)

    I want to do the same to record birdies (score is 1 less than par), bogeys (score 1 more than par), dbl bogeys (score 2 more than par) etc
    using different cells

    All the details of number of birdies, pars, bogeys and dbl bogeys will be using the data contained in cell ranges c4 - u4 and c3 - u3.

    Hope you can help

    1. Hi Murray,

      To make things easier for me to understand, can you please send a sample sheet we well as expected results to support@ablebits.com, or copy a piece of data to Excel online and post a link here?

  20. I HAVE THIS FORMULA IN J6 =IF(ISNA(VLOOKUP((P4),'15-16'!$A$3:$F$2545,6,FALSE)),"",VLOOKUP((P4),'15-16'!$A$3:$F$2545,6,FALSE)) THIS FORMULA WORKS GREAT. BUT WHEN I ENTER ANOTHER FORMULA IN K6 =IF(SUM(G6*J6),G6*J6,"") THIS FORMULA ALSO WORKS BUT WHEN THERE IS NOT TEXT, THE COLUMN IS SUPPOSED TO BE BLANK, INSTEAD IT BRINGS BACK #VALUE! THE FORMULA IN K6 IS LOOKING AT THE FORMULA IN J6 INSTEAD OF THE RESULTS IN J6. CAN YOU HELP ME

  21. Need Help please... Thank You in advance.

    I have 3 columns.
    Column A - list of country
    Column B - Yes or No
    Column C - country (example in C1="PERU")

    Column D - result should be "Yes" or "No"
    - if C = "PERU" and if all the data with "PERU" in column A has value
    of "YES" in Column B, then "Yes", otherwise "No"

  22. Hi

    I'm trying to figure out a formula using the function IFs where I have 3 conditions to return "e.g. 3 payable commission roles 10% 12% & 14%" - But I am not sure how to write this all in small function in excel !
    This is what I am after "between/equal 100% & 109% then multiple the revenue by 10% , between/equal 110% & 119% then multiple the revenue by 12% ,EQUAL or greater than 120% then multiple the revenue by 14%, return £0 if less than 100% " this is what I have done so far :
    A1 % to target
    B2 £ Revenue
    =IFS(A1=100%,"B2*10%",A1109%,"B2*10%", .....)

    I would really appreciate your help.

    Thank you
    Hasnaa

  23. I have different dates in column B1,B2... and amount in G1,G2... for which i have to calculate service tax pertaining to that date.
    I'm using below formula which is not calculating properly.
    =IF(B5<1/6/2015,G5*12.36%,IF(B5<15/11/2015,G5*14%,IF(B5<1/6/2016,G5*14.5%,G5*15%

    Please let me know in which format the date should be in formula as well as in column B

    Looking for your reply..

  24. Hi Svetlana

    Need a help

    If Cell A1 & B1 have no date Show C3 as Blank
    If Cell A1 have date show C3 as In-Progress
    If Cell B1 have date show C3 as Completed

  25. hi dear ,
    i have data sheet of fragrance product ,trying to find sizes from column to past in to aother column
    for instance column A1 hsd discription of perfume name and its sizes such as 1. oz , 1.5 oz , 2. oz and so on....i would like to just take ""sizes"" from column A1 to collum A2. what would the formula to do this coz i got 10000 products on sheet .
    *
    sizes are about 15 to 20 diffrent types on entire sheet or value which needs to be found and past in to specific collum . how to write formula for this action . thx .

  26. Hi I have query please
    In A2 is the status if I put date in B2 the A2 put "Requested" and if I put date in C2 the A2 change "Delivered" and if I put date in D2 the A2 change "Released".. Please help me thank you..
    What formula can I used.

  27. Hi good day,
    What formula can I used, example if I put date
    Status Request Delivered Released
    Request 10-5-16
    Delivered 10-5-16 10-10-16
    Released 10-5-16 10-10-16 10-15-16

    Please help. Thank you :)

  28. i am trying to get a result back from a cell that has a formula in another cell. =IF(AND(P48),$X$11,""). the results of this formula will be a number. the problem is that when put another formula (=IF(AND($Z$11>0,$W$11<0),$X$12,"")) in another cell it sees the formula not the results of the formula. how can I get excel to see the actual results in stead of the formula.

  29. Hi,

    I am trying to figure out how to format this formula. I need to create a formula that if either of the cells J3 or N3 are blank then S3 is 0. If none of the cells are blank, then I want S3 to be N3-J3

    Any thoughts?

  30. Hi, i was wondering is there any formula in excell that will be able to help me with the following. if i put in a value from 1-10 the following must happen, if i enter 1 it must calculate to 12 and 2 must go to 10 and 3 to 8 and so on, and it must calculate over a few cells.
    i hope you wil understand what i said here.

  31. I need a formula rule for formatting so that the current date is referenced and anything previous to it is highlighted and subsequently anything 30 days after the current date is highlighted differently?

  32. Can you help me with the formula.

    Suppose I want to find M in the formula

    [M-X]

    X is a known value
    and I want to find M .
    The criteria is
    1. M = x if X is between 98.5 and 101.5
    2. M = 98.5 if X is smaller than 98.5
    3. M = 101.5 if x is greater than 101.5

    All three conditions I want to include in one cell. How can I perform it. Please help.

  33. Hi,
    In Cell "AE2" I need to show always "URGENT" until CELL "V2" value is " " (Blank). when Cell "V2' goes Greater than 0, Cell "AE2" need to show the value of Cell "V2".
    Please some body help

    Thanks

    1. Hi!

      Try this formula:

      =IF(V2="", "URGENT", V2)

  34. Works perfect. Thanks

  35. =IF($K3<=500,$K3*1900,IF($L3<=500,$L3*1900,IF($M3=1000,"High Power Distance", IF(M3="-","No Grid")))))

    For above formula, i will get High power distance for "-" in cells.
    I want to display "No grid" for value - or blank space.

  36. Hello,

    I'm using the following formula:
    =IF(OR($J34="CM",$J34="PDC"),$M34,0)
    In the cell it show #name?. What is wrong with the formula.

    Regards,

    Jercon

    1. Hi Jercon,

      The problem is in smart quotes (”CM” and ”PDC”), which is often the case when copy/pasting formulas. Just retype the quotes directly in the formula bar, and your formula will start working properly.

  37. Dear how to use if below formula
    0-30 and 31-60 and 61-90 and Over 90 days

  38. Help with this?
    =IF('Menses Tracker'!E2="Re-Occuring", "=DATE(YEAR(C2)=1,MONTH(C2)+1,DAY(C2))", "=DATE(YEAR(C2),MONTH(C2),DAY(C2)+90)")

    Basically what I want is if on the first sheet(menses tracker) in cell E2 is says Re-Ocurring then I want it to calculate a date using the date in cell C2 + 1 year and 1 month, if it does not then I want it to calculate the a date using the date in cell C2 =90days.

  39. dear Svetlana Cheusheva,

    have a nice day,

    i have 2 quires please help.
    1- can we use if and count-ifs formula in one cell.
    2- i am using this formula =CONCATENATE(TEXT(K33,"(DD-mmm-yy")&" To ",TEXT(K34,"dd-mmm-yy)"))i 2nd date is less then first date how result show as massage " Wrong Date.

    i am expecting your kind and early response.
    thanks

  40. hi i have query please solve it

    NUMBERS REQUIRED ANSWER
    1 2,3,4
    5 6,7
    8 9,10,11
    12 13,14,15
    16 17
    18 19
    20

  41. hi i have query please solve it

    A B
    1 DATA REQUIRED ANSWER
    2 1 2,3,4
    3 5 6,7
    4 8 9,10,11
    5 12 13,14,15
    6 16 17
    7 18 19
    8 20

  42. I want to make formula where for e.g. IF A1 = 660, and I want if A1/60 i.e. 11 is greater than 3 then it should Multiple A1 with 100

    Here I took UNIT type of 600 as "Seconds" if it is more than 3 minutes after dividing by 60 (please Remember) then A1 should multiplied by 100 else the result should be ZERO.

  43. hi,

    could you please some help me this formula?

    Average of 24 units is equal to or greater than Q, not more than 2 units are less than Q − 15%, and no unit is less than Q − 25%

    Q value= 80%

  44. hi, can someone help me with this formula? I am making an if/or furmula showing that if the service years>3 or is a college graduate the column will be a yes. (only one condition needs to be met) I have:

    =IF(OR([@[College Graduate]]="Yes")([@[Service Years]]>3,"Yes","No")

    thanks.

    1. Hi Jordan,

      The correct syntax of the IF/OR formula is this:

      =IF(OR(condition 1, condition 2), value_if_true, value_if_false)

      In your case:

      =IF(OR([@[College Graduate]]="Yes", [@[Service Years]]>3),"Yes","No")

  45. How decimal numbers can be compared?

    =IF(A1>2.34,"A","B")

    If A1=2.21, it shows B

  46. Hello,

    I see all you are very supportive, Pls help to solve this.
    i have a data,

    Column A Column B Column C Column D Column E
    FFA Exp Gain 1 Gain 2 Evoporate

    1 125 98% 1% 1%
    2 200 96% 2.5% 1.5%
    3 235 95% 3% 2%
    4 345 93% 5% 2%
    5 430 92% 5.5% 2%
    6 510 90% 8% 1%
    7 740 87% 10% 2%

    so on

    i want when i enter 1,2,3..... in a box my below mention results from above data shows to me, is it possible???

    Exp 125
    Gain 1 98%
    Gain 2 1%
    Evoporate 1%

    Regards,

  47. Hi,

    I want to use if function for a data entry purpose. I want it as if a particular column contains a particular name the very next cell should mention the city of the particular person's name.
    Eg:

    if the column contains the name Kumar his city Bombay should appear just next to his name.

    Please help.

    Thanks in advance

  48. I need to verify dates. I need column a and b to be the same if they are not I need to distinguish. How would I create this formula?

    Please help!

  49. hi

    i have this table

    m1 width m2
    330

    I want to calculate from m1 to m2 and viceversa. Is it possible to do that in the same cells?

  50. i need to validate a cell. The cell will contain values from 1-10. 1-6 the values will be considered not at all likely 7 and 8 will be neutral and 9 and 10 will be considered as extremely likely. Can you please help me with an if loop formula ?

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