Excel IF statement with multiple conditions

The tutorial shows how to create multiple IF statements in Excel with AND as well as OR logic. Also, you will learn how to use IF together with other Excel functions.

In the first part of our Excel IF tutorial, we looked at how to construct a simple IF statement with one condition for text, numbers, dates, blanks and non-blanks. For powerful data analysis, however, you may often need to evaluate multiple conditions at a time. The below formula examples will show you the most effective ways to do this.

How to use IF function with multiple conditions

In essence, there are two types of the IF formula with multiple criteria based on the AND / OR logic. Consequently, in the logical test of your IF formula, you should use one of these functions:

  • AND function - returns TRUE if all the conditions are met; FALSE otherwise.
  • OR function - returns TRUE if any single condition is met; FALSE otherwise.

To better illustrate the point, let's investigate some real-life formulas examples.

Excel IF statement with multiple conditions (AND logic)

The generic formula of Excel IF with two or more conditions is this:

IF(AND(condition1, condition2, …), value_if_true, value_if_false)

Translated into a human language, the formula says: If condition 1 is true AND condition 2 is true, return value_if_true; else return value_if_false.

Suppose you have a table listing the scores of two tests in columns B and C. To pass the final exam, a student must have both scores greater than 50.

For the logical test, you use the following AND statement: AND(B2>50, C2>50)

If both conditions are true, the formula will return "Pass"; if any condition is false - "Fail".

=IF(AND(B2>50, B2>50), "Pass", "Fail")

Easy, isn't it? The screenshot below proves that our Excel IF /AND formula works right: Excel IF statement with multiple AND conditions

In a similar manner, you can use the Excel IF function with multiple text conditions.

For instance, to output "Good" if both B2 and C2 are greater than 50, "Bad" otherwise, the formula is:

=IF(AND(B2="pass", C2="pass"), "Good!", "Bad") Excel IF function with multiple text conditions

Important note! The AND function checks all the conditions, even if the already tested one(s) evaluated to FALSE. Such behavior is a bit unusual since in most of programming languages, subsequent conditions are not tested if any of the previous tests has returned FALSE.

In practice, a seemingly correct IF statement may result in an error because of this specificity. For example, the below formula would return #DIV/0! ("divide by zero" error) if cell A2 is equal to 0:

=IF(AND(A2<>0, (1/A2)>0.5),"Good", "Bad")

The avoid this, you should use a nested IF function:

=IF(A2<>0, IF((1/A2)>0.5, "Good", "Bad"), "Bad")

For more information, please see IF AND formula in Excel.

Excel IF function with multiple conditions (OR logic)

To do one thing if any condition is met, otherwise do something else, use this combination of the IF and OR functions:

IF(OR(condition1, condition2, …), value_if_true, value_if_false)

The difference from the IF / AND formula discussed above is that Excel returns TRUE if any of the specified conditions is true.

So, if in the previous formula, we use OR instead of AND:

=IF(OR(B2>50, B2>50), "Pass", "Fail")

Then anyone who has more than 50 points in either exam will get "Pass" in column D. With such conditions, our students have a better chance to pass the final exam (Yvette being particularly unlucky failing by just 1 point :) Excel IF function with multiple OR conditions

Tip. In case you are creating a multiple IF statement with text and testing a value in one cell with the OR logic (i.e. a cell can be "this" or "that"), then you can build a more compact formula using an array constant.

For example, to mark a sale as "closed" if cell B2 is either "delivered" or "paid", the formula is:

=IF(OR(B2={"delivered", "paid"}), "Closed", "")

More formula examples can be found in Excel IF OR function.

IF with multiple AND & OR statements

If your task requires evaluating several sets of multiple conditions, you will have to utilize both AND & OR functions at a time.

In our sample table, suppose you have the following criteria for checking the exam results:

  • Condition 1: exam1>50 and exam2>50
  • Condition 2: exam1>40 and exam2>60

If either of the conditions is met, the final exam is deemed passed.

At first sight, the formula seems a little tricky, but in fact it is not! You just express each of the above conditions as an AND statement and nest them in the OR function (since it's not necessary to meet both conditions, either will suffice):

OR(AND(B2>50, C2>50), AND(B2>40, C2>60)

Then, use the OR function for the logical test of IF and supply the desired value_if_true and value_if_false values. As the result, you get the following IF formula with multiple AND / OR conditions:

=IF(OR(AND(B2>50, C2>50), AND(B2>40, C2>60), "Pass", "Fail")

The screenshot below indicates that we've done the formula right: IF with multiple AND & OR statements

Naturally, you are not limited to using only two AND/OR functions in your IF formulas. You can use as many of them as your business logic requires, provided that:

  • In Excel 2007 and higher, you have no more than 255 arguments, and the total length of the IF formula does not exceed 8,192 characters.
  • In Excel 2003 and lower, there are no more than 30 arguments, and the total length of your IF formula does not exceed 1,024 characters.

Nested IF statement to check multiple logical tests

If you want to evaluate multiple logical tests within a single formula, then you can nest several functions one into another. Such functions are called nested IF functions. They prove particularly useful when you wish to return different values depending on the logical tests' results.

Here's a typical example: suppose you want to qualify the students' achievements as "Good", "Satisfactory" and "Poor" based on the following scores:

  • Good: 60 or more (>=60)
  • Satisfactory: between 40 and 60 (>40 and <60)
  • Poor: 40 or less (<=40)

Before writing a formula, consider the order of functions you are going to nest. Excel will evaluate the logical tests in the order they appear in the formula. Once a condition evaluates to TRUE, the subsequent conditions are not tested, meaning the formula stops after the first TRUE result.

In our case, the functions are arranged from largest to smallest:

=IF(B2>=60, "Good", IF(B2>40, "Satisfactory", "Poor"))

Naturally, you can nest more functions if needed (up to 64 in modern versions). Nested IF statement in Excel

For more information, please see How to use multiple nested IF statements in Excel.

Excel IF array formula with multiple conditions

Another way to get an Excel IF to test multiple conditions is by using an array formula.

To evaluate conditions with the AND logic, use the asterisk:

IF(condition1) * (condition2) * …, value_if_true, value_if_false)

To test conditions with the OR logic, use the plus sign:

IF(condition1) + (condition2) + …, value_if_true, value_if_false)

To complete an array formula correctly, press the Ctrl + Shift + Enter keys together. In Excel 365 and Excel 2021, this also works as a regular formula due to support for dynamic arrays.

For example, to get "Pass" if both B2 and C2 are greater than 50, the formula is:

=IF((B2>50) * (C2>50), "Pass", "Fail") IF array formula with multiple AND conditions

In my Excel 365, a normal formula works just fine (as you can see in the screenshots above). In Excel 2019 and lower, remember to make it an array formula by using the Ctrl + Shift + Enter shortcut.

To evaluate multiple conditions with the OR logic, the formula is:

=IF((B2>50) + (C2>50), "Pass", "Fail") IF array formula with multiple OR conditions

Using IF together with other functions

This section explains how to use IF in combination with other Excel functions and what benefits this gives to you.

Example 1. If #N/A error in VLOOKUP

When VLOOKUP or other lookup function cannot find something, it returns a #N/A error. To make your tables look nicer, you can return zero, blank, or specific text if #N/A. For this, use this generic formula:

IF(ISNA(VLOOKUP(…)), value_if_na, VLOOKUP(…))

For example:

If #N/A return 0:

If the lookup value in E1 is not found, the formula returns zero.

=IF(ISNA(VLOOKUP(E1, A2:B10, 2,FALSE )), 0, VLOOKUP(E1, A2:B10, 2, FALSE))

If #N/A return blank:

If the lookup value is not found, the formula returns nothing (an empty string).

=IF(ISNA(VLOOKUP(E1, A2:B10, 2,FALSE )), "", VLOOKUP(E1, A2:B10, 2, FALSE))

If #N/A return certain text:

If the lookup value is not found, the formula returns specific text.

=IF(ISNA(VLOOKUP(E1, A2:B10, 2,FALSE )), "Not found", VLOOKUP(E1, A2:B10, 2, FALSE)) If #N/A error in VLOOKUP

For more formula examples, please see VLOOKUP with IF statement in Excel.

Example 2. IF with SUM, AVERAGE, MIN and MAX functions

To sum cell values based on certain criteria, Excel provides the SUMIF and SUMIFS functions.

In some situations, your business logic may require including the SUM function in the logical test of IF. For example, to return different text labels depending on the sum of the values in B2 and C2, the formula is:

=IF(SUM(B2:C2)>130, "Good", IF(SUM(B2:C2)>110, "Satisfactory", "Poor"))

If the sum is greater than 130, the result is "good"; if greater than 110 – "satisfactory', if 110 or lower – "poor". Using the IF function with SUM

In a similar fashion, you can embed the AVERAGE function in the logical test of IF and return different labels based on the average score:

=IF(AVERAGE(B2:C2)>65, "Good", IF(AVERAGE(B2:C2)>55, "Satisfactory", "Poor"))

Assuming the total score is in column D, you can identify the highest and lowest values with the help of the MAX and MIN functions:

=IF(D2=MAX($D$2:$D$10), "Best result", "")

=IF(D2=MAX($D$2:$D$10), "Best result", "")

To have both labels in one column, nest the above functions one into another:

=IF(D2=MAX($D$2:$D$10), "Best result", IF(D2=MIN($D$2:$D$10), "Worst result", "")) Using IF together with the MIN and MAX functions

Likewise, you can use IF together with your custom functions. For example, you can combine it with GetCellColor or GetCellFontColor to return different results based on a cell color.

In addition, Excel provides a number of functions to calculate data based on conditions. For detailed formula examples, please check out the following tutorials:

  • COUNTIF - count cells that meet a condition
  • COUNTIFS - count cells with multiple criteria
  • SUMIF - conditionally sum cells
  • SUMIFS - sum cells with multiple criteria

Example 3. IF with ISNUMBER, ISTEXT and ISBLANK

To identify text, numbers and blank cells, Microsoft Excel provides special functions such as ISTEXT, ISNUMBER and ISBLANK. By placing them in the logical tests of three nested IF statements, you can identify all different data types in one go:

=IF(ISTEXT(A2), "Text", IF(ISNUMBER(A2), "Number", IF(ISBLANK(A2), "Blank", ""))) IF with ISNUMBER, ISTEXT and ISBLANK

Example 4. IF and CONCATENATE

To output the result of IF and some text into one cell, use the CONCATENATE or CONCAT (in Excel 2016 - 365) and IF functions together. For example:

=CONCATENATE("You performed ", IF(B1>100,"fantastic!", IF(B1>50, "well", "poor")))

=CONCAT("You performed ", IF(B1>100,"fantastic!", IF(B1>50, "well", "poor")))

Looking at the screenshot below, you'll hardly need any explanation of what the formula does: Using IF and CONCATENATE

IF ISERROR / ISNA formula in Excel

The modern versions of Excel have special functions to trap errors and replace them with another calculation or predefined value - IFERROR (in Excel 2007 and later) and IFNA (in Excel 2013 and later). In earlier Excel versions, you can use the IF ISERROR and IF ISNA combinations instead.

The difference is that IFERROR and ISERROR handle all possible Excel errors, including #VALUE!, #N/A, #NAME?, #REF!, #NUM!, #DIV/0!, and #NULL!. While IFNA and ISNA specialize solely in #N/A errors.

For example, to replace the "divide by zero" error (#DIV/0!) with your custom text, you can use the following formula:

=IF(ISERROR(A2/B2), "N/A", A2/B2) Using IF together with ISERROR

And that's all I have to say about using the IF function in Excel. I thank you for reading and hope to see you on our blog next week!

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4506 comments

  1. Hello I'm trying to average a score. I made my own scoring and the score can be from 0-2000. I'd like to create a formula which it identify the score base on the percentage below:

    900 & below 100% 1301 - 1400 70%
    901 - 950 95% 1401 - 1500 65%
    951 - 1000 90% 1501 - 1600 60%
    1001 - 1100 85% 1601 - 1700 55%
    1101 - 1200 80% 1701 - 1800 50%
    1201 - 1300 75% 1801 & up 45%

    but I don't how to do it. Im not sure if its possible or not

  2. I would like to add a formula to accomplish the following:

    IF T5="High" AND U5="Low" THEN the data in cell R5 will show up in cell C4. (This is one example as I will need to add formulas for 4 outcomes).

    It's not numbers-based; I have a table where I plan on adding tasks (Column R), and Column T has a drop-down list with 2 options (High or Low), as does Column U. I have 4 quadrants I would like the tasks to show up under, depending on the selections under Column T & U (High/High; High/Low; Low/Low; Low/High).

    I would like to make sure that, for example, if I enter a task in cell R18, it will show up in the next available cell in the appropriate quadrant (for example cell C2).

    • Hi! A value in a cell can appear if a formula is written in the cell. In your case, you can use the IF AND formula. If my understanding is correct, you can try to write the IF formula in C3 with the conditions AND(T5="High",U5="Low",C2<>"")
      You can try to write the value in "in the next available cell" using a VBA macro.
      If this does not help, explain the problem in detail.

  3. Hello
    thanks for all the great work, I have become from a noobie to decent in Excel all thanks to ablebits.
    I'm stuck with a situation that I cant figure out
    I have cells A, B, and C
    I want to get the result in C,
    if A and B both are empty to return 0 and if only B is empty to return 1, and if both A & B have value to return 2

  4. pls help
    whta should use in this,,,, if cell is equal to January 15, 2023 print 01-2023, if not and the cell is January 31, 2023 print 02-2023, if not and the cel is equal to February 15, 2023 print 03-2023, if not and the cell is equal to February 28, 2023 print 04-203...soon on ...

  5. Hello,
    Need help on this one
    Ajay 6890.00
    Vijay 9700.00
    Rahul 63700.00

    If the amount is less than 7500, it should type "Nil", if the amount is between 7500 and 10000, then it should type moderate and if amount is more than 10000 then it should type Good

  6. Hi im trying to write an if statement where if for example if the value is "hunt" it should add +2(numerical value) if its farm it should subtract 2 of the numerical value.

  7. I am trying to make an conditional formatting in between range of number, say if the number is in between 70 to 130 is "Good" and if the numbers are out from the range of 70 to130 is "FAIL".

  8. To find cell value for cell B1, given the value for cell A1
    Condition
    IF A1>700000, B1=0
    IF A1 = 700000, B1=25000
    IF A1 600,000, B1= (A1-600000)*10%+15000
    IF A1 300000 , B1=(A1-300000)*5%
    IF A1=700000,0,IF(A1=700000,25000,IF((A1600000),(A1-600000)*0.1+15000),IF((A1300000),(A1-300000)*0.05),0))

  9. Hi, I've been racking my brains for the right combinations of formula to check for duplicate rows that have the same combination of multiple values.

    For context, and to explain a little more clearly on what I'm trying to do, I work in HR and part of my role is to check the holiday requests of associates so that I can forward a list of requests to their leadership to review. We tend to get repeat requests from many of the associates over the year and so I have a cumulative list of every request from over the year and then the new requests that have come in today.

    I have two sets of data, the new list of requests made in the last 24 hours and the previously submitted/reviewed requests that have been made over the last 6 months. Both data sets are set out with the employee's ID and their requested dates and then for the previous requests, I also have the outcomes given by the leadership when initially reviewed.

    I need to compare the data sets to check which out of the requests submitted in the last 24 hours have already been submitted previously so that I am only sending new and unique requests to the leadership to be reviewed. I am simply looking to return whether there are any duplicate rows that contain the same combination of employee ID and Requested date and which are genuinely new and unique requests. Thanks in advance :)

  10. Hello, i work as a data entry on an international trade business, my main job is to do the tracking of a lot of ships, we have an excel that has 2 main column dates: the date of departure and date of arrival, im looking for a formula that tells me when theres a difference of more than 15 days between each row in those columns.

    • Hi I am looking to create an excel spreadsheet that can forecast event attendance numbers for 5 regional events (e.g. London / Manchester / Bristol / Leeds / Brighton) by allocating 25+ different smaller local locations (e.g. Liverpool, Leeds, Plymouth, Aberdeen) to a specific regional event. I am trying to model a few options to show what is possible with regional event capacity.

      The first step is I need a formula that can work out attendance numbers based on which regional event each local office is allocated to. For example, if 4 attendees from Aberdeen, 1 attendee from Newcastle and 7 attendees from Glasgow travel to Manchester, that means Manchester will have 12 attendees. I think this should be a COUNTIF formula but could you help with an example of one in this context?

      The second step is I need an overall summary of which local locations we have sent to which regional events.

      For example:
      London - Gatwick, Reading, Watford
      Manchester - Glasgow, Newcastle, Aberdeen
      Bristol - Cardiff, Plymouth

      I can't figure out which excel formula I'd need to give me this summary.

      The third step is that the regional events will be happening on multiple dates, but I thought I'd try and get the first and second step right first!

      Grateful for any help and advice you have on this!

  11. I am trying to formulate a spreadsheet for sales. we pay a referral fee at different values based on what the product is. I have a spreadsheet together and one column shows the amount to pay the referrer, however i would like it automated. the scenarios we pay away are on the fee we charge, the mortgage we have arranged and the life insurances we have arranged. for a fee, I need it to show IF a column shows (referrers name) and IF a column shows BROKER FEE (chosen from a dropdown of business type) and also IF a column shows the fee is £399 (M), this box (G) must show £127.50.
    For the mortgage, i need it to be IF a column shows (referrers name), and IF a column shows mortgage type (chosen from drop down of purchase, remortgage etc.), then this box in the formulated column (G) must show 33% of the value in another column (N).

    • Hi! Unfortunately, your explanation is not very clear. I don't really understand which data in which columns determines the final result. I think you can use the recommendations in the article above, as well as these guidelines: Nested IF AND statements. If the information in the article is not enough, give an example of source data and desired result. It will help to understand what you want to do.

  12. I'm trying to do a formula that stratisfies people into one of four categories based on a score. =IF((O3>12,"platinum"),(O3>9,"gold"),(O3>6,"silver"),(O3<6,"bronze")). what am i doing wrong?

  13. I have a very long nested IF statement that provides me with the most of my desired results. For cells that should be blank, the result is "0". I would like for these to be blank cells. I have tried including another nested IF statement in my original "IF(C4=0,"") but this still provides me with a result of "0". I cannot figure out where I making my mistake.

  14. NORMAL DAY SUN/REST DAY/PH OT HOURS
    START END START END
    0700 1900
    0700 1900

    HI. my problem is how can i make it calculating the OT(overtime) hours automatically by just filling in the time. tq so much.

  15. Hi,

    Thank you for helping everyone.

    I'm trying this forever and I can't make it work no matter what.

    I need a formula that will give me a = value based on a diffente cell value. The problem is that the cell that pulls that information is a drop down that can have 20 different variations.

    For example: B4 (the mail cell) is a drop down that has 20 different options. On a different sheet I have the information that will feed the other cells based on B4.

    I was able to do this with 1 single option (1 of the variations) but I cannot get it to read the others. It says or too many arguments or too few arguments.

    =IFERROR(IF(A4="Anaheim / Garden Grove"),'Data Base'!A2,IF(A4="Manteca / San Francisco"),'Data Base'!A4),IF(A4="Atlanta / LaGrange"),'Data Base'!A6, IF(A4="Baltimore / Perryville"),'Data Base'!A8), "") --- I tried this with ifs, or, and... nothing words.

    The one I was able to make work was =IF(ISNUMBER(FIND("Anaheim",B4)),'Data Base'!A2,"invalid"), but B4 can only contain Anaheim. If I try to add another condition it says that it's too many arguments.

    Please help. I'm going crazy.

  16. Here
    a=days (friday, saturday, sundat..)
    If a= friday, saturday formula will show weekeknd and rest of the days forula will show office day.
    Now how i implement if formula

  17. Please help! I am trying to use some kind of logical test to display the value from a pre-set table on a separate tab, based on the text displayed in the cell being "tested." There are multiple possible values and multiple outputs based on the values which are pulled from that table, and the test needs to be for a specific test.

    Essentially, I want to pull a cost by brand, so if D2 displays "Hilton" I want it to pull the value from my data table in the cell that contains the cost for Hilton. If it contains "IHG" I want it to pull the value from my data table in the cell that contains the cost for IHG.

    Where did I go wrong on my formula below?

    =IF(D2=Best Western, "='Data Table (do not edit)'!B2"), OR,
    IF(D2=Choice, "='Data Table (do not edit)'!B3"), OR,
    IF(D2=Hilton, "='Data Table (do not edit)'!B4"), OR,
    IF(D2=IHG, "='Data Table (do not edit)'!B5"), OR,
    IF(D2=Marriott, "='Data Table (do not edit)'!B6"), OR,
    IF(D2=Hyatt, "='Data Table (do not edit)'!B7"), OR,
    IF(D2=IHG, "='Data Table (do not edit)'!B8")

  18. Arun
    Arun
    about 1 week ago
    #44203
    Hi,

    How to Count (D71) CONDITIONALLY FORMATTED RED COLOR CELL only (D40:D70)?

    Pls guide...

    Thanks

  19. Hi, Can you help with the below case?
    In one column I have employee levels - L7, L8, L9,10
    In the other column, I have calculated their time in level (In months).
    Now I would like to apply a criteria-based formula to arrive at the eligibility.
    If L07 employees have completed more than 24 months, they would be "eligible", or else "ineligible". For the rest of the levels, there isno level criteria and hence they will all be eligible.
    Please help

      • Thanks!
        I've tried using this formula - =IF(OR(AND(U3="L07",BM3>=12),"Eligible","Not Eligible"),AND(U3="L06","L08","L09"),"Eligible")

        But it gives me the correct status for L06,L08 and L09 levels but for L07 level where there is criteria - It shows FALSE
        Could you please help?

        • Hi! If I understand your task correctly, try the following formula:

          =IF(U3="L07", IF(BM3>=12,"Eligible","Not Eligible"), IF(OR(U3="L06","L08","L09"),"Eligible"))

  20. Course title postal code
    ============================
    Course 1 - Forklift 122222
    Course 2 - Technical 444444
    Course 3 - Writing 333333

    If the course is under "Forklift", it will auto assign to Sales D and no need to check the postal code.
    If the course is not under "Forklift", then we will pick up the 1st 2 digits of the postal code and assign to respective sales name.
    example: between 01-22 is under sales A,
    between 23-44 is under sales B,
    between 45 - 55 is under sales C,
    between 56 - 99 is under sales D

  21. Hello,

    I have two sets of data, Data Set 1 has a list of items on customer pricing contracts. Each contract is for a specific sales location (branch). There are three locations: Location 1, 2 & 3. My goal is to indicate which items on the customer contracts in Data Set 1 have a stock status of Yes or No (y/n) and other attributed data based on Data Set 2; I will explain below.

    Data Set 2 has a list of items at each sales location (branch) with its stock status (y/n), min/max level & qty on hand. This information is different based on the sales location. See below for example:
    • At location 1: Item ABC has a stock status of Y, min/max is 1/2, Qty on hand is 2
    • At location 2: Item ABC stock status is N
    • At location 3: Item ABC stock status is Y, min/max is 5/10, Qty on hand is 10

    So, I need to create a nested IF statement with multiple lookups that says if in Data Set 1, the item is on a customer contract for Sales Location 1, then I want to pull from Data Set 2 the Stock Status, min/max & Qty on Hand for Location 1.

  22. Hi, I'm trying to complete a formula where IF D5 says Low or Moderate, then the output would say "NA" and if D5 say High or Sensitive (or the value of Low, Moderate is false), then the output would be blank. I've tried using variations of this and keep getting an error: =IF(AND(D5="Low",D5="Moderate"),"NA","")

  23. Sir I have a case, I have 5 category of revenue: Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum Diamond.

    Now I have 3 column with header; Category Revenue 2022, Category Revenue 2023, and Movement Category

    what's the function if;
    (column 1 2022) = (column 2 2023) = (column 3 Movement Category)

    Bronze = Bronze = Stay
    Bronze = Silver = Upgrade 1 Level
    Bronze = Gold = Upgrade 2 Level
    Bronze = Platinum = Upgrade 3 Level
    Bronze = Diamond = Upgrade 4 Level

    Silver = Bronze = Downgrade 1 Level
    Silver = Silver = Stay
    Silver = Gold = Upgrade 1 Level
    Silver = Platinum = Upgrade 2 Level
    Silver = Diamond = Upgrade 3 Level

    etc to Diamond

    can I make it to be 1 formula?

    Thanks I appreciate your reply, one by one of people cases

    I will follow your Instagram or YouTube if you have it

  24. Hello, i am trying to figure out how to get the following. I have 3 columns, (A, B and C). Columns A and B have 2 lots of data in, lets say column A has the names Tom, James and Martin, and Column B has Cow, Dog and Hat. Column C has Yes, No, or Maybe. And then I have multiples of the options, so Tom, Cow, Yes, Tom Dog, No, Tom Hat, Maybe, James Cow Yes etc.

    I then have dropdowns that point to columns A and B respectively. I want to have a formula that says if the Dropdown A says Tom, and Dropdown B says Dog, then we get the relevant column C option. If A says Tom, and B says Dog, we get the relevant C option etc etc.
    I am assuming its a form of IF formula but cant figure out which one,

  25. I'm trying to build a formula for benefits audit: if Mary has dental, pull the value of that deduction, and if she has health, pull the value of that deduction from one worksheet to another worksheet. SSN is the common data on both sheets. I started with xLookup to match the employee, but when dragging down the fill handle, it pulls the same dental value. Seems like I'm close, but missing something. Is Index Match best, or IF, or other...? Thanks

    Format is:

    Benefit Report
    Employee SSN Plan Type Pay Period Rate
    Miller, Mary, 1234 Dental $35
    Miller, Mary 1234 Health $60

      • Thank you, Alexander. I'll try it. I'm not sure how to do this. Thinking I need a Match formula to pull the amount by dental in one row, and the amount by health in the row underneath for the same employee.

        • Hi! If you don't want to find the value of a condition, but to calculate the sum of the values based of the condition, try using the SUMIFS function. I hope it’ll be helpful. If something is still unclear, please feel free to ask.

  26. Dear sir @Alexandar Trifuntov,

    How to get this in Excel.
    Amount <= 500,000 , result l=500.
    If not , result = amount*1.5%

  27. Im trying to create an if statement that if a cell is equal to "gravel" or "rock fill" and another cell is "Loose" or "dense", then it will provide a value if it were for that particular rock and at a particular compaction. For example, gravel at loose is 16 and 17 at dense, rock fill is 18 at loose and 19 at dense.

    • Hi! You can't use very many conditions for the nested IF function. You can try the IFS function instead multiple IF. For example:

      =IFERROR(IFS(AND(A1="gravel",B1="loose"),16, AND(A1="gravel",B1="dense"),17, AND(A1="rock fill",B1="loose"),18, AND(A1="rock fill",B1="dense"),19),"")

      However, if there are too many conditions, the formula will be very large. Therefore, I recommend using the INDEX MATCH formula and this guide: Excel INDEX MATCH with multiple criteria.
      I hope it’ll be helpful. If something is still unclear, please feel free to ask.

      • Thank you Alex, that's fantastic!

        Another question I have is I have run into overworking the IF statement, I have multiple different classes equalling various units, what function should I use here? For example, class 1 = 5, class 2 = 6, class 3 = 7....

  28. I'm trying to use Conditional Formatting to highlight cells that have less than 20 students in any course that falls between 200 and 299 (all 200 level sections. So greater than 200 but less than 300 and less than 17 students less fill the student number cell with red.

    Can't get it to work.

  29. I have a very straightforward query. i have just 2 columns - Column (1) is having profit made in a deal , Column (2) shows the number of days the deal took. I want to create a new column (3) where formula has to be put showing Tax payable . The formula should show as below

    if no profit has been made then no tax
    if the deal took more than 365 days then tax of 10%
    if the deal took less than 365 days then tax of 15%

    I have tried If and functions but it just does not work. can someone help

    • THe tax of 10% has to be calculated on column (1) contingent that 365 days have lapsed or lesser days have lapsed and should show 0 if there is loss or zero profit
      i have tried multiple times if and function failed miserably

      • Hello Mr Alex, Thanks a lot it worked so well. I tried so many times but failed will try to learn more from the link. Thanks once again. If I have any more doubts will certainly get in touch with you Warm Regards

        • Hi Alex, I have one more doubt regarding a large excel data sheet in which I would like to weed out the data. WHAT FORMULA TO USE is it V LOOK UP The scheme is as follows

          (1) Column A with date of trade (2) Column B with symbol of stock being bought/sold (3) Column C with Name of stock being bought/sold (4) Column D with name of client (5) Column E with Trade name ie buy or sell

          Now i want to remove all rows ie original and duplicate if the same client has bought and sold the same stock on the same day . It should leave behind only trades which are buys with no equivalent sale. I am giving below a short snippet of the table for better understanding

          Date Symbol Security Name Client Name Buy / Sell
          10-May-22 AKG AKG Exim Limited ABC SELL
          10-May-22 AKG AKG Exim Limited ABC BUY
          10-May-22 ASIANTILES Asian Granito India Limit CNM BUY
          10-May-22 ASIANTILES Asian Granito India Limit Gravity BUY
          10-May-22 ASIANTILES Asian Granito India Limit Gravity SELL
          10-May-22 ASIANTILES Asian Granito India Limit Jits BUY
          10-May-22 ASIANTILES Asian Granito India Limit Veks BUY
          10-May-22 ASIANTILES Asian Granito India Limit vekk SELL
          10-May-22 ASIANTILES Asian Granito India Limit vila SELL

          • Date Symbol Security Name Client Name Buy / Sell
            10-May-22 AKG AKG Exim Limited AMRITA JAIN SELL

            10-May-22 AKG AKG Exim Limited AMRITA JAIN BUY

            10-May-22 ASIANTILES Asian Granito India Limit CNM FINVEST PRIVATE LIMITED BUY

            10-May-22 ASIANTILES Asian Granito India Limit GRAVITON RESEARCH CAPITAL LLP BUY

            10-May-22 ASIANTILES Asian Granito India Limit GRAVITON RESEARCH CAPITAL LLP SELL

            10-May-22 ASIANTILES Asian Granito India Limit JITESHKUMAR S TIKADIYA BUY

            10-May-22 ASIANTILES Asian Granito India Limit VENKATESH BHASKAR SHENOY BUY

            10-May-22 ASIANTILES Asian Granito India Limit VENKATESH BHASKAR SHENOY SELL

            10-May-22 ASIANTILES Asian Granito India Limit VIMLA PAWANKUMAR SANGHVI SELL

            • THe alignment gets lost everytime i paste the table hence it has come twice

          • Hi! I recommend reading this guide: How to find duplicate rows in Excel.
            If I understand your task correctly, our Duplicate Remover tool may help you solve it in a few clicks. It allows you to specify in which columns to search for duplicates, and then find and delete duplicate rows. This can be done in just a few clicks, without formulas or VBA code. It is available as a part of our Ultimate Suite for Excel that you can install in a trial mode and check how it works for free.

            • okay sir thanks a ton

  30. So I have 2 columns with values that result in a final "grading" in a 3rd column.
    The first column, G, has one of the following 9 values: 0,1,2,3,4A,4B,4C,5,6
    The next Column, J, Has one of the following 3 values : "Benign/Negative", "Indeterminant/Atypical", "Malignant"
    Dependent on the G/J combinations my 3 possible resultant values are : "Needs Review", "Yes - Pathology and Imaging are concordant", "No - Pathology and Imaging are discordant"

    So when G=0 or 4B, or J="Indeterminant/Atypical", then "Needs Review"
    When J="Benign/Negative" AND G>04 then "Yes - Pathology and Imaging are concordant"
    If none of those conditions are met then "No - Pathology and Imaging are discordant"

    How do I write this as IF statement?
    Thank you for your help!!

    • I apologize, part of the "AND" conditions did not make it in my question. The conditions are as follows:
      G=0 or 4B, or J="Indeterminant/Atypical", then "Needs Review"
      J="Benign/Negative" AND G>04 then "Yes - Pathology and Imaging are concordant"
      If none of those conditions are met then "No - Pathology and Imaging are discordant"

      • J="Benign/Negative", and G>04, "Yes - Pathology and Imaging are concordant"

  31. Hello,

    I have three columns, column A for Status, column B for Reason, column C for Code.
    I need to return a reason, and there are three different ones to Column B, depending on one of the status (there are two different ones) and one of the codes (there are several codes).

    Thanks

  32. Hi,
    I'm not abe to get this one to work:
    =IF(AND(K2>=0; K2=10; K2=20; K2<=40); "20-40"K2)))
    Why?

      • Hi Alexander,
        The formula you see is not right, I'll try to pase again:

        =IF(AND(K2>=0;K2=10;K2=20;K2<=40);"20-40"K2)))

  33. Please help me to resolve the below logic in excel.

    If all 3 (A2.B2,C2) are green, only then overall status is green, if even 1 red then overall status is red, if all 3 amber, then overall status is red, for one or two ambers, overall status is amber

  34. if Column C1 is above 0 give me Overtime or 0 give No OT, if column C1 is S give me Sick, If column C1 X give me Absent, if Column C1 is -1 give me Late Hours

      • If weight is 10Kgs then freight charges will be 300
        If weight is more than 10kgs, Then for every 1kg increase in weight, Freight charges would increase by 45Rs.
        Ex: 11Kg - 345Rs
        12Kg - 390Rs

  35. How to add 2 cells, for example, if in a cell i have done drop down option with pass satisfied fail, another cell also same , for pass value 10, satisfied 7, fail zero) i need to add using if statement

  36. Need help to create a formula. Formula in L415, IF (J415<45,K415*2,0). I need to add a condition that if the result is less than a certain quantity, zero should be displayed

  37. I need help with a formula please. I need it to be B10*4+D10+G10 but to also know that if F10=0 it should display the value of D10. Thank You

  38. I have spreadsheets where several suppliers costs for products are in columns adjacent to each other. Each column has the supplier's name. There are many different products from lines 4 through to 100.I need the formula to choose the supplier with the lowest cost in new a column adjacent to these cost columns and to then also have a formula next to that lowest cost bringing in the name of that best cost supplier form the relevant column. My colleague uses the following for the best cost in for example column M. {=MIN(IF(G4:L40;G4:L4))} . When I copy this in a new spreadsheet it comes up as text and won't work and remains text. The formula for the best cost supplier he used =INDEX($G1:L1;MATCH)G4:L4;M4;0))
    Can you please assist to give me generic formulae which I can use in every spreadsheet to assist in doing the calculations speedily.

    • Hi! When you copy an array formula, don't copy the parentheses. Enter =MIN(IF(G4:L40;G4:L4)). It needs to be entered via Ctrl + Shift + Enter, not just Enter. You can read more about array formulas and their usage here.

  39. Hi any help for this formula

    =IF(K8>5000,(200), - working
    =IF(K8<5000,K8*0.04)) - not working

  40. I need to calculate the figure with 3 conditions as follows by using IF function:

    IF % percentage achieved for a calculation between budget & actual figures is less than 100%, then figure is 0. however if achieved % is between 100%-170%, then take the achieved figure multiply by 10,000. Final condition, if % achieved is greater than 170%, then take 170% multiply by 10,000

    I am unable to add the 2nd condition of between 100%-170%, in the same formula

    Can you please help

  41. Amazing exercises for practice, thank you so much!

  42. Having difficulty with IF AND function need help

  43. Dear Team,
    Thank you for the great jobs.
    Please i need your assistance to write a following formula:
    I have rows with 3 column A 2 - B2 - C2
    I want to highlight in green the rows with one cell or more with a value between 5 and 10.99 AND one cell or more with a value between 15 and 25.99
    Thank you.
    Best regards.

  44. Can you have a formula that shows if B1 is empty then show "To Load" if there is a date then "loaded", but if D1 has a date then show "Shipped" and if H1 has a date then shows "Arrived"

    • I also need to know the formula for two column condition

    • =IF(B1="","To Load",IF(H1"","Arrived",IF(D1"","Shipped","Loaded")))

  45. If the status of my data is INACTIVE, what formula can I use for it to automatically countdown 30 days?

  46. what is the formula to determine if a given row has more than one column with a positive integer? the top row below (from a pivot table) has 7 columns, 64 is the total for the row. 2 of the 5 columns have data, so would want this to be a Yes.
    the second row only has one entry, so would want this to be a No.
    EX:
    user name 17 47 64
    user name 2 2

  47. i have a column A with100 rows each having a unique value eg (XXX YYY) , I have another column B with say 50 unique values YYY, now I want to find column B value row by row from the 100 rows in Column A and if there is match , copy the value from column A in column C, next to value in column B
    I hope i am able to describe my requirement :-) Below one example, any help to get this would be highly appreciated thank you - vaibhav

    A B C
    XXX YYY YYY XXX YYY
    XX1 YY2 YY2 XXX YY2
    XX2 YY6 YY3 XX7 YY3
    XX3 YY8 YY4 XX6 YY4
    XX4 YY7 YY5
    XX5 YY2 YY6 XX2 YY6
    XX6 YY4 YY7 XX4 YY7
    XX7 YY3 YY8 XX3 YY8

  48. Hello, need your assistance on how can I formulate a shortcut (or formula) with an automatic answer in C?
    All answers are 0 except for both NO which is 1.

    A B C
    YES NO 0
    NO NO 1
    YES YES 0
    NO YES 0
    YES YES
    YES NO

    Thank you so much in advance.

  49. need a formula in excel if any joined before 31/12/2022 are eligible for increment also any one joined up to 31/03/2023 but rejoinees are also eligbile for increment. Any one joined after 31/12/2022 upto 31/103/2023 but not rejoinees are not eligible for increment

  50. If A2, B2 & C2 having Alphanumeric number (A0013) then result come (ok) and A2, B2 & C2 if any column missing alphanumeric (like 0 or NA) then result come Delete.

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