Nested IF, reports incorrectly, can't find anything like it to ref

[Guest]

I've boiled down a problem Function to the following statement:
=IF(I54=OR(2,3,4),"Low","")
I54 = 2
Function returns ""

 

[Guest]

Try this:
=IF(OR(I54=2,I54=3,I54=4),"Low","")

 

[Ron Coderre]

Each component of the OR function must return a TRUE/FALSE value....
however, if those components return numeric values:
0=FALSE,
any other number=TRUE.

Consequently, OR(2,3,4) is equal to OR(TRUE, TRUE, TRUE)

Try on of these:
=IF(OR(I54=2,I54=3,I54=4),"Low","")
or
=IF(OR(I54={2,3,4}),"Low","")

Does that help?
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Regards,

Ron
Microsoft MVP (Excel)

(XL2003, Win XP)

 

[Guest]

Duh! Thank you very much.

Now if I can just simplify 21 nested IF statements into 7 I'll be set.

 

[Guest]

Thank you also. They both work, but the second is less "wordy"

 

[Guest]

Alternate solutions often use a lookup function instead (eg Lookup, Vlookup,
Index/Match). Choose might also be worth taking a look at (see XL help for
description).

Other methods (defined names or user defined functions) are discussed here:
http://www.cpearson.com/Excel/nested.htm

 

[ilia]

What are the statements?

Duh! Thank you very much.

Now if I can just simplify 21 nested IF statements into 7 I'll be set.







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