And now, let's write a nested IF function based on the above criteria. It's considered a good practice to begin with the most important condition and keep your functions as simple as possible. Our Excel nested IF formula goes as follows:.
I've heard some people say that Excel multiple If is driving them crazy : Try looking at it at a different angle:. If the condition of the 1st If function is not met, then test the 2nd If statement, and so on. Here's another typical task: the unit price varies depending on the specified quantity, and your goal is to write a formula that calculates the total price for any amount of items input in a specific cell.
In other words, your formula needs to check multiple conditions and perform different calculations depending on what amount range the specified quantity falls in:. This task can also be accomplished by using multiple IF functions. The logic is the same as in the above example, the only difference is that you multiply the specified quantity by the value returned by nested IFs i.
As you understand, this example demonstrates only the general approach, and you can easily customize this nested If function depending on your particular task. For example, instead of "hard-coding" the prices in the formula, you can reference the cells containing those values cells B2 to B6.
This will enable your users to edit the source data without having to update the formula:. Or, you may want to include an additional IF function s that fixes an upper, lower or both bounds of the amount range. When the quantity is outside the range, the formula will display an "out of the range" message. For example:. The nested IF formulas described above work in all versions of Excel In Excel that is part of Office subscriptions, you can use the IFS function for the same purpose.
Advanced Excel users that are familiar with array formulas , can use this formula that basically does the same thing as the nested IF function discussed above. Though the array formula is far more difficult to comprehend, let along to write, it has one indisputable advantage - you specify the range of cells containing your conditions rather than referencing each condition individually.
This makes the formula more flexible, and if your users happen to change any of the existing conditions or add a new one, you will only have to update a single range reference in the formula. The grades are out of 20, and the minimum passing grade is To achieve this, you need to write an IF statement that does a logical test of whether the student's grade is above the minimum passing grade or not.
If it is, then the formula will return Yes , if it is not, then the formula will return No. As a result, we have a nested IF statement formed with this second IF statement. You can keep nesting IF statements inside one another until all your conditions have been defined in the formula. It's best to have some sort of order, as you can easily get lost in these nests.
In this first example, we have a list of cars and their attributes, and a list of car classes. You can see the example class guide in the image below. Now, back to the main datasheet. The goal here is to write a formula that outputs the car class by reading its acceleration. In essence, the formula will test if the acceleration is less than 3 seconds.
If it is, then the car is definitely an S-class car. However, if it wasn't less than 3, then the formula will test if it's less than 5. This test, coupled with the first test, actually tests to see if the acceleration value is between 3 and 5, which would indicate if the car is A-class or not. These tests will go on and on and with each IF statement, the previous IF statement will become eliminated. This repeats seven times, until in the final statement, the value if false becomes No Class.
Let's put this formula to use. In this second example, we have a list of articles with the views each of them has received. If you are a Microsoft subscriber, make sure you have the latest version of Office. You can always ask an expert in the Excel Tech Community or get support in the Answers community. Formulas and functions. IF function — nested formulas and avoiding pitfalls. Need more help?
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