But what if your table has a predefined structure that does not allow any modifications? In this case, instead of adding a helper column, you could add values directly in your If formula, like this:. Okay, but what if your table contains a lot of individual scores, say 5 different columns or more?
Summing so many figures directly in the IF formula would make it enormously big. In a similar fashion, you can use other Excel functions in the logical test of your IF formulas:. The formulas retunes "Good" if the average score in columns C:F is equal to or greater than 30, "Satisfactory" if the average score is between 29 and 25 inclusive, and "Poor" if less than Assuming that column F is the total score column, the below formulas work a treat:.
If you'd rather have both the Min and Max results in the same column, you can nest one of the above functions in the other, for example:. In a similar manner, you can use the IF function with your custom worksheet functions.
In addition, Excel provides a number of special IF functions to analyze and calculate data based on different conditions. Here's is example of the nested Excel IF function that returns "Text" if cell B1 contains any text value, "Number" if B1 contains a numeric value, and "Blank" if B1 is empty.
Sometimes, you can achieve the desired result by embedding the IF statement in some other Excel function, rather than using another function in a logical test. I believe you hardly need any explanation of what the formula does, especially looking at the screenshot below:. As you see in the screenshot above, column D displays the quotient of the division of a value in column B by a value in column C.
You can also see two error messages in cells D2 and D5 because everyone knows that you cannot divide a number by zero. In some cases, however, you may not want to trap all errors, but rather test the condition causing a specific error. For example, to replace a divide by zero error with your own message, use the following IF formula:.
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! AND function.
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Next: Common uses of functions. Need more help? Expand your skills. Get new features first. Was this information helpful? Yes No. Thank you! Two-way approximate match multiple criteria. The goal is to lookup a feed rate based on material, hardness, and drill bit diameter. Feed rate values are in the named range data D6:H Get nth match. This formula uses the named range "list" which is the range B5:B The core of this formula is the SMALL function, which simply returns the nth smallest value in a list of values that correspond to row numbers.
In other words, we want a formula that allows us to switch tables dynamically based on a user-supplied value. There are Minimum difference if not blank. In the example shown, the goal is to calculate the minimum difference of sales minus cost, but only when both values have been entered. If either value is blank, the result should be ignored. To confirm that both List holidays between two dates. At a high level, this formula uses a nested IF function to return an array of holidays between two dates.
Lookup lowest Monday tide. At a high level, this example is about finding a minimum value based on multiple criteria. In the example shown, we simply want to "mark" or "flag" rows where the color is "red" AND size is either "small" or "medium". To return TRUE when items are red and small, we can use a logical statement constructed with Detailed LET function example.
The goal is to generate a custom message for any name in the list by entering a valid ID in cell G5. The message uses the name Two-tier sales tax calculation. At the core, this formula relies on a single IF function. Get next scheduled event. Related videos. How to create a formula with nested IFs. In this video I'll show you how to create a formula that uses multiple, nested IF statements.
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