DATE function - Increase or decrease a date by a certain number of days To increase or decrease a date by a certain number of days, simply add or subtract the number of days to the value or cell reference containing the date. In the example below, cell A5 contains the date that we want to increase. How to use the EDATE Function in Excel: To use the AND Excel Worksheet Function, type the following into a cell: =AND(. After entering it in the cell, notice how the AND formula inputs appear below the cell: You will need to enter these inputs into the function. The function inputs are covered in more detail in the next section.
The IF function is one of the most popular and useful functions in Excel. You use an IF statement to ask Excel to test a condition and to return one value if the condition is met, and another value if the condition is not met. In this tutorial, we are going to learn the syntax and common usages of Excel IF function, and then will have a closer look at formula examples that will hopefully prove helpful both to beginners and experienced Excel users. Excel IF function - syntax and usage The IF function is one of Excel's logical functions that evaluates a certain condition and returns the value you specify if the condition is TRUE, and another value if the condition is FALSE. The syntax for Excel IF is as follows. IF(logicaltest, valueiftrue, valueiffalse) As you see, the IF function has 3 arguments, but only the first one is obligatory, the other two are optional. logicaltest - a value or logical expression that can be either TRUE or FALSE.
Required.In this argument, you can specify a text value, date, number, or any comparison operator. For example, your logical test can be expressed as or B1='sold', B110. valueiftrue - the value to return when the logical test evaluates to TRUE, i.e. If the condition is met. For example, the following formula will return the text 'Good' if a value in cell B1 is greater than 10: =IF(B110, 'Good'). valueiffalse - the value to be returned if the logical test evaluates to FALSE, i.e. If the condition is not met.
For example, if you add 'Bad' as the third parameter to the above formula, it will return the text ' Good' if a value in cell B1 is greater than 10, otherwise, it will return ' Bad': =IF(B110, 'Good', 'Bad') Excel IF function - things to remember! Though the last two parameters of the IF function are optional, your formula may produce unexpected results if you don't know the underlying logic beneath the hood. If valueiftrue is omitted If the valueiftrue argument is omitted in your Excel IF formula (i.e.
There is only a comma following logicaltest), the IF function returns zero (0) when the condition is met. Here is an example of such a formula: =IF(B110, 'Bad') In case you don't want your Excel IF statement to display any value when the condition is met, enter double quotes (') in the second parameter, like this: =IF(B110, ', 'Bad'). Technically, in this case the formula returns an empty string, which is invisible to the user but perceivable to other Excel functions.
The following screenshot demonstrates the above approaches in action, and the second one seems to be more sensible:. If valueiffalse is omitted If you don't care what happens when the specified condition is not met, you can omit the 3rd parameter in your Excel IF formulas, which will result in the following. If the logical test evaluates to FALSE and the valueiffalse parameter is omitted (there is just a closing bracket after the valueiftrue argument), the IF function returns the logical value FALSE. It's a bit unexpected, isn't it? For your Excel IF statement to return TRUE and FALSE as the logical values (Boolean values) that other Excel formulas can recognize, make sure you don't enclose them in double quotes.
A visual indication of a Boolean is middle align in a cell, as you see in the screenshot above. If you want 'TRUE' and 'FALSE' to be usual text values, enclose them in 'double quotes'.
In this case, the returned values will be aligned left and formatted as General. No Excel formula will recognize such 'TRUE' and 'FALSE' text as logical values. IF statement to perform a math operation and return a result Instead of returning certain values, you can get your IF formula to test the specified condition, perform a corresponding math operation and return a value based on the result.
You do this by using arithmetic operators or other Excel functions in the valueiftrue and /or valueiffalse arguments. Here are just a couple of formula examples: Example 1: =IF(A1B1, C3.10, C3.5) The formula compares the values in cells A1 and B1, and if A1 is greater than B1, it multiplies the value in cell C3 by 10, by 5 otherwise.
Example 2: =IF(A1B1, SUM(A1:D1), ') The formula compares the values in cells A1 and B1, and if A1 is not equal to B1, the formula returns the sum of values in cells A1:D1, an empty string otherwise. Using the IF function in Excel - formula examples Now that you are familiar with the Excel IF function's syntax, let's look at some formula examples and learn how to use IF as a worksheet function in Excel. Excel IF statement for numbers: greater than, less than, equal to The use of the IF function with numeric values is based on using different comparison operators to express your conditions.
You will find the full list of logical operators illustrated with formula examples in the table below. Condition Operator Formula Example Description Greater than =IF(A25, 'OK',) If the number in cell A2 is greater than 5, the formula returns 'OK'; otherwise 0 is returned. Less than =IF(A25, 'Wrong number', 'OK') If the number in cell A2 is not equal to 5, the formula returns 'Wrong number '; otherwise - 'OK'. Greater than or equal to = =IF(A2=5, 'OK', 'Poor') If the number in cell A2 is greater than or equal to 5, the formula returns 'OK'; otherwise - 'Poor'. Less than or equal to 'delivered', 'Yes', 'No') Example 2.
Case-sensitive IF formula for text values If you want a case-sensitive logical test, use the IF function in combination with EXACT that compares two text strings and returns TRUE if the strings are exactly the same, otherwise it returns FALSE. The EXACT functions is case-sensitive, though it ignores formatting differences. You use IF with EXACT in this way: =IF(EXACT(C2,'DELIVERED'), 'No', 'Yes') Where C is the column to which your logical test applies and 'DELIVERED' is the case-sensitive text value that needs to be matched exactly.
Naturally, you can also use a cell reference rather than a text value in the 2 nd argument of the EXACT function, if you want to. When using text values as parameters for your IF formulas, remember to always enclose them in 'double quotes'. Excel if statement for text with partial match If you want to base your condition on a partial match rather than exact match, an immediate solution that comes to mind is using wildcard characters (.
or?) in the logicaltest argument. However, this simple and obvious approach won't work. Many Excel functions accept wildcards, but regrettably IF is not one of them. A solution is to use IF in combination with ISNUMBER and SEARCH (case-insensitive) or FIND (case-sensitive) functions.
For example, if No action is required both for 'Delivered' and 'Out for delivery' items, the following formula will work a treat: =IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH('deliv',C2)), 'No', 'Yes') We've used the SEARCH function in the above formula since a case-insensitive match suits better for our data. If you want a case-sensitive match, simply replace SEARCH with FIND in this way. =IF(ISNUMBER(FIND(' text', where to search)), valueiftrue, valueiffalse) Excel IF formula examples for dates At first sight, it may seem that IF formulas for dates are identical to IF statements for numeric and text values that we've just discussed. Regrettably, it is not so. Unlike many other Excel functions, IF cannot recognize dates and interprets them as mere text strings, which is why you cannot express your logical test simply as '. Neither of the above arguments is correct, alas. IF formulas for dates with DATEVALUE function To make the Excel IF function recognize a date in your logical test as a date, you have to wrap it in the DATEVALUE function, like this DATEVALUE(').
The complete IF formula may take the following shape: =IF(C230. I have two worksheet. I.e,Worksheet A and worksheet B. A11 of Worksheet A contains FR189X and B6 of Worksheet B is FR189.
Likewise I have multiple rows in Worksheet B. I want to compare A11 of Worksheet A with column B of Worksheet B, if its equal then copy the value present on column F of Worksheet B into Worksheet A. I am using below codes and its working when A11 is same with B6. =IF(LEFT(A11,5)=Book1.xlsxSheet1!$B$6,VLOOKUP(LEFT(A11,5),Book1.xlsxSheet1!$B:$S,18,0),') But its not working when I want to replace A11 of Worksheet A with B7 of Worksheet B. Can you please help? I have a table with 5 columns, which each column has there own percentage of evaluation for example 25%-25%-25%-10%-15%.
I want to create a formula that to look on each cell for each column the number and if it does't find number to take the percentage of that column and spread it to the other columns. 25% 25% 25% 10% 15% 1.00 0.73 0.45 In this case it has to take the 25% and the 10% and spread it to the other columns and do the calculations again from the start so I will get the correct number. If I was going to do it by hand I will do the 35%/3 which 11.67% and add it on each column with data and then take the original data and multiply them with the result of the summary - 0% 36.67% 36.67% 0% 26.67% Who can give a help with this? Hi If you see my data table, variable INNOPS has value (yes/no) only for 2011H1. I need the same value for 2010H2 in INNOPS variable if ID is same.
This is a large database, it is not possible to do manually. Please help to get Excel syntax for this purpose. Thanks ID WAVE INNOPS 5 2010H2 6 2010H2 6 2011H1 No 11 2010H2 13 2010H2 17 2010H2 17 2011H1 Yes 23 2010H2 23 2011H1 No 25 2010H2 25 2011H1 No 26 2010H2 27 2010H2 27 2011H1 Yes 28 2010H2 29 2010H2 32 2010H2 32 2011H1 Yes 40 2010H2 40 2011H1 No. I am creating a time sheet. For each day I have three columns, Time (15 min breakdown of the day), Activity, and Time worked. I each created an IF function to fill the third column with a value 0.25 if the Activity cell has content. (ie; no content = I have not done any work.
0.25 represents the quarter of an hour i have worked). I had hoped to use a Sum function at the bottom of the third row to add up all the 0.25s to total my hours worked that day. However, the SUM function does not recognize the 0.25, generated by the IF function, as a number (cells are in number format but the 0.25 aligns to the left like text). Would appreciate some help with this puzzle:). Hello all, I hope someone can shed some light on my issue. I am trying to calculate fuel consumption based on different MOVEMENTS of the ship from cell A1. Cell A1 will either be, LOAD, SEA, MANEUVER, DISCH.
Each Movement will correspond to a different CELL with its corresponding fuel consumption rate. SEA corresponds to cell A20 (or 1.02). I tried the IF function, but could only manage to get one IF. Ex A1 (SEA), B1=30 hours. FORMULA in C1, =IF(A1='SEA',(B1.A20)). This one works, but I cant seem to add multiple IF functions for LOAD, MANEUVER, DISCH, withouth it saying #value.
Any help would be great! I'm having all sorts of problems with this. First tab: Typical Business Marketing List of 1200 businesses Column 1: Company Name Column 2: Address Column 3: City etc. 2nd tab: Narrowed list of 50 of those businesses for a targeted mailer.
I'd like to add a column to the main tab that indicates which businesses on the 2nd Tab were sent the mailer, with an X or something, perhaps. To do this, I have to somehow match the two columns on the different tabs and then if there's a match, an X will appear. I've tried =IF, =MATCH, VLOOKUP with a hundred different options and I can't figure this out. Any help would be greatly appreciated!! Is there a formula for changing a cells color? Conditional Formatting will not work for what I want. I have a block of text, i.e.
A2:F100, (the amount of rows changes every week) in which column A holds the different 'Tape Numbers' (AA0053) that I'm verifying. I copy in a column of current available scratch tape numbers in the H column. What I want is for my formula to look at H2 (AA0008) and search column A. If it finds AA0008 then color fill H2 Green, IF NOT then color fill H2 Red. Then I'll copy that formula down to H3 and so on.
I know the =IF statement will do the True/False check, but I'm not sure how to tell it to change the background color. A B C D E H AA0008.EXP AA0008 AA0058.EXP 7/21/2013 7/29/2013 3/16/2015 AA0009 AA0085.EXP 7/10/2018 7/25/2018 7/28/2018 AA0010 AA0086.EXP 9/1/2018 AA0011 AA0105.EXP AA0012 Conditional Formatting only find the 'True' statement then formats the cell. I also need the false, so I want an 'old school' formula. I'm not well versed with VBA, so I'm hoping to stay away from Macros. I need help with a task. I have three columns, One has a list of vendors and if that vendor was on our job that month I put a Y in the 2nd column next to his name. The 3rd column then will have another Y if that vendor has turned in his paperwork for the month.
What I want is if the 3rd column is blank i want to highlight it. But if there is No Y in the 2nd column then I want nothing done for those cells. So in other words, if the vendor wasn't onsite then I don't care if his paperwork is in. But if he was and he hasn't turned it in I want his cells highlighted.
Thank you for your help. Hi all, I am trying to pull data from 3 different tabs onto one sheet. The data are US states in the columns and the other data is either 'yes' 'no' or is a blank cell. I've done vlookups to match the y/n/blank into 3 columns on one sheet. (I'm sure this isn't the best way to do this either.) But now I'd like to pull the data from those 3 columns (each pulling from a different tab) and do if statements to pull my answer into one column. So, for example, State = AL, B1 = yes, c2 = blank, c3 = yes.
How do I write a formula to look at all 3 and pull which column isn't blank? Thanks in advance! Hello, I'm trying to set up a sheet to keep track of cleared checks. I have a column that has the check amount (Col B).
I have a check box to indicate it if was cleared (Col J). I want to have a column for the calculation (Col I). So if the check is Cleared (True) then this Column shows 0. If it is not cleared (False) then it shows the same amount as Col B. So far I have it to working with the True.
I can't get it to equal the value of another cell for false though. I'd appreciate any help) I'm only trying it on a specific cell to make sure it works first. =IF ( J5 = TRUE, '0',(=B5)). Hello- I am in desperate help of trying to figure out an if statement that can help me calculate # of days past due. I have a column for start date, end date and actual date of completion.
I have a column with a formula for today’s. Originally, I used the networkdays formula to calculate the days from due date to today’s date, but when I put in the actual completion date, the past due days keeps updating and I don’t want that. Have no idea if that made any sense.
But hopefully someone can help me out!! Hi All, I hope everyone is well! I currently have the following in a cell =((H21-G21).24-1) this simple formula allows me to count the number of hours between two times ( when working out working hours for my staff) I am looking to have this cell note that if a time is not put into the cells ( h21/g21 ) this information is current data validation from another sheet - and instead the word 'holiday' is added the cell will generate an automatic number? Is this possible?
Any help would be great! Out normal working hours for a 'holiday is 8 hours' so if the cell says holiday i would like it to default this to '8' thanks again.