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Old October 3rd, 2004, 09:31 PM
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How do I use an IF, THEN calculation based on the value of another cell
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Old October 3rd, 2004, 10:39 PM
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here is one way, if this will not do what you want post back with some more
information

=IF(A110,"Greater than ten",IF(A15,"Greater than five","less than or equal
to five"))

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Old October 4th, 2004, 01:36 AM
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Your formula syntax is:

=IF(another_cell = this_value,THEN do this,ELSE do another thing)

or specifically (as an example),

=IF(A1=1,B1*C1,B1/C1)

which means,

IF cell A1 has a value of 1
THEN multiply the contents of B1 and C1
ELSE divide B1 by C1


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How do I use an IF, THEN calculation based on the value of another cell



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