Formula help for a newbie, please

[SedonaBob]

Columns A and B each can have two-character text beginning with either the
letter "W" or the letter "X". If the text in both columns begin with the
same letter, Column C would be 100, but if the text in the columns begin with
different letters, Column C would be 999.

 

[Matthew Pfluger]

Put this in cell C1 and copy it down:
=IF(LEFT(A1,1)=LEFT(B1,1),100,999)

HTH,
Matthew Pfluger

 

[Don Guillett]

try
=IF(OR(AND(LEFT(A12,1)="w",LEFT(B12,1)="w"),AND(LEFT(A12,1)="x",LEFT(B12,1)="x")),100,9999)

 

[Don Guillett]

Better if col a and col b can NOT have anything but w or x

 

[SedonaBob]

Thank you!

try
=IF(OR(AND(LEFT(A12,1)="w",LEFT(B12,1)="w"),AND(LEFT(A12,1)="x",LEFT(B12,1)="x")),100,9999)
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Don Guillett
Microsoft MVP Excel
SalesAid Software
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[SedonaBob]

Thank you!

Put this in cell C1 and copy it down:
=IF(LEFT(A1,1)=LEFT(B1,1),100,999)

HTH,
Matthew Pfluger