"IF" Formula Query

[Guest]

I'm want to use an "IF" formula to compare the values in two cells and return
the following...

IF cell A is equal to cell B I want the formula cell to be yellow with a "Y"
in it
IF cell A is greater than cell B I want the formula cell to be green with a
"G" in it
IF cell A is smaller than cell B by more than 1000 I want the formula cell
to be red with an "R" in it
IF cell A is smaller than cell B by less than 1000 I want the formula cell
to be yellow with a "Y" in it

Hope that makes sense, any help would be greatly appreciated...

 

[Dav]

You have to do 2 things
1) use a formula with an if statement
=IF(A1=B1,"Y",IF(A1>B1,"G",IF(A1<B1-1000,"R","Y")))

2) Format the cells

Format the cell colour as Yellow


Fomat_conditional formating
Cellvalue is equal to =”G” format green
Cellvalue is equal to =”R” format red
Celllvalue is equal to =”Y” format Yellow

But you are using yellow twice in your logic is this correct if so
=IF(A1>B1,"G",IF(A1>B1-1000,"Y","R"))

and use only the first 2 contional formating conditions

Regards

Dav

 

[Ardus Petus]

=IF(B-A<1000,"Y",IF(B-A>=1000,"R","G")

Format>Conditional Format
Condition 1: Cell value is equal to Y, click Format select Yellow
Click Add
Condition 2: Cell value is equal to G, click Format select Green
Click Add
Condition3 Cell value is equal to R, click Format select Red

Et voilà!

 

[David Biddulph]

I'm want to use an "IF" formula to compare the values in two cells and
return
the following...

IF cell A is equal to cell B I want the formula cell to be yellow with a
"Y"
in it
IF cell A is greater than cell B I want the formula cell to be green with
a
"G" in it
IF cell A is smaller than cell B by more than 1000 I want the formula cell
to be red with an "R" in it
IF cell A is smaller than cell B by less than 1000 I want the formula cell
to be yellow with a "Y" in it

=IF(A1>B1,"G",IF(A1<B1-1000,"R","Y"))
And then use conditional format, if cell value ="R" make the background red,
etc.