Complex AND OR Formula

[Colin Hayes]

HI

I need to express something in a formula , and am having trouble with
it.

I need to say this :

IF E2 CONTAINS "1bx" OR "2bx" OR "3bx" OR "4BX" AND J2 =11 THEN PUT 1 ,
OTHERWISE PUT J2

Can someone assist with some code to make this happen , please?

Grateful for any help. Sorry for double post.



Best Wishes

 

[Don Guillett]

=IF(AND(RIGHT(E2,2)="1bx",j2=11),1,j2)

 

[Colin Hayes]

=IF(AND(RIGHT(E2,2)="1bx",j2=11),1,j2)

Hi Don

OK Thanks for that.

I can't quite get it to work though , for what I have in mind.

I found that this works for a single search parameter :

=IF(AND(COUNTIF(E2,"*1bx*"),COUNTIF(J2,"11")),1,J2)

but of course it only looks for "*1bx*". I need in incorporate an OR
expression to also search for "*2bx*" , "*3bx*" and "*4bx*" in the same
formula.

Any ideas how to work these other values in?

Thanks for your help.

Best Wishes

 

[Colin Hayes]

I assume that you intended =IF(AND(RIGHT(E2,2)="bx",j2=11),1,j2) ?

"bx", not "1bx", as you've got 2, not 3, as the second parameter of the
right function?

Hi David

Well no , not quite.

The formula would need to look specifically for any of the 4 phrases (
"*1bx*" OR "*2bx*" OR "*3bx*" OR "*4bx*") contained anywhere in E2.

If it finds any of these , and J2=11 , then put 1. If it doesn't find
any of these , put J2.

I would be dragging this down , so it would look in lower Cells in E
also.

There are other phrases containing the 'bx' suffix in E2 which I would
want it to ignore. So '5bx' , '6bx' would be ignored for example. For
this reason , it's not enough just to find 'bx'.

I wouldn't want the issued clouded by the fact that the expression
contains similar letters. The formula would need to identify them
discretely , in the same way as if it were looking for pink , blue ,
green or yellow.

Thanks for your help.

 

[Don Guillett]

I did!!!

 

[T. Valko]

The formula would need to look specifically

for any of the 4 phrases ("*1bx*" OR "*2bx*"
OR "*3bx*" OR "*4bx*") contained anywhere in E2.

Try this...

=IF(COUNT(SEARCH({1,2,3,4}&"BX",E2))*(J2=11),1,J2)

 

[Stan Brown]

I need to say this :

IF E2 CONTAINS "1bx" OR "2bx" OR "3bx" OR "4BX" AND J2 =11 THEN PUT 1 ,

Then why don't you read the numerous responses that were posted in
microsoft.public.excel.misc (including one from me)?

Please do not post the same question multiple times.

 

[Colin Hayes]

Try this...

=IF(COUNT(SEARCH({1,2,3,4}&"BX",E2))*(J2=11),1,J2)

HI Biff

Yes , that's got it. Perfect first time.

Thanks for your time and expertise.



Best Wishes

 

[T. Valko]

You're welcome. Thanks for the feedback!