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QUESTION: I am trying to use an IF statement to automatically determine a value of a cell (A1) based on the value of another cell (B1). However, A1 has a static number based on a series of consecutive numbers, for example, if the value of A1 is 214-286 then B1=38. If the value of A1 is 287-300 then B1=40. I was trying to do it like this =IF(A1=214:286,38,IF(A1=287:300,40,"N/A")) However, it is not working. Your knowledge would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.
ANSWER: Not clear from the question how many possible values you need to check, so you MAY run into a problem if it requires more than 7 nested bracket levels - at which point, I'd switch to using a lookup table. But to fix the formula as it stands
=IF(AND(A1>=214,A1<=286),38,IF(and(A1>=287,A1<=300),40,"N/A"))
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QUESTION: It definitely requires more than 7 values. More like 50. I'm not familiar with a lookup table.
OK, well - there is a dictionary of excel terms I found some time back which you can get at http://www.aidanheritage.byethost3.com/excel/xlfdic01.xls - this has worked examples- it's vlookup you will need - and if you would like to mail me a sample file I can work on that for you - my email is aidan.heritage@virgin.net
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