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=IF(C3=antipsychotic, "E2+30",IF(C3=antianxiety,"E2+30",IF(C3=hypnotic,"E2+10",IF(C3=antidepressant,"E2+180"))))
What is wrong with this formula? it just give me the #NAME?
Answer
You have your quotes in the wrong places
=IF(C3="antipsychotic", E2+30,IF(C3="antianxiety",E2+30,IF(C3="hypnotic",E2+10,IF(C3="antidepressant",E2+180))))
would be the correct version I think - the quotes indicate a string value,so "antianxiety" would indicate a cell containing that as a string (text) value - e2+30 indicates to add 30 to the value of the cell E2.
Hope this helps.
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