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algebroni

Can anybody tell me what's wrong with this
=IF(VALUE(O5)=0,"Pull",IF(VALUE(O5)>0,"Keep"))=IF(G5="will upd","to be
set",""). Thanks
 
R

Ron Coderre

So far, this what I see

If O5=0 then return: "Pull"
Otherwise,
If 05>0 then return:"Keep"

You also have....
If G5="will upd" then return: "to be set"
Otherwise,
return an empty string:""

Is there supposed to be a relationship between those 2 phrases?

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Regards,
Ron

XL2002, WinXP
 
T

T. Valko

There are 3 possible results for the first IF statement (excluding any
errors that might be in any of the referenced cells):

Pull, Keep, FALSE

There are 2 possible results for the second IF statement (excluding any
errors that might be in any of the referenced cells):

to be set, ""

You're comparing equality of the first 3 possibilities to the second 2
possibilitites. Since there is no equality the result will always be FALSE.

Biff
 
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algebroni

hey Ron what i am trying to do is cell p5 contain either keep pull or to be
set in other words keep and pull depends on O5 And to be set depends on G5.
is there anyway to do it or some sort of function. thanks
 
R

Ron Coderre

Well, near as I can guess....
maybe this?

P5: =IF(VALUE(O5)=0,"Pull",IF(VALUE(O5)>0,"Keep",IF(G5="will upd","to be
set","")))


Is that something you can work with?
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Regards,
Ron

XL2002, WinXP
 
M

Max

algebroni said:
No it comes up as pull. I guess there is no way to do it ...
Click to expand...

Another guess ... how about this:
=IF(AND(O5="",G5="will upd"),"to be
set",IF(AND(O5<>"",--O5=0),"Pull",IF(--O5>0,"Keep","")))

Test it out. See whether it gives you the correct indications under all
possible circumstances.
 
D

David Biddulph

You still haven't specified what you want. Look at it as a truth table.
There are 3 options for VALUE(O5): either 0, >0, or <0.
There are 2 options for G5: ="willupd" or <>"will upd".
That gives you 6 combinations of inputs. What do you want your formula to
return for each of those?
O5=0 G5="willupd" returns ?
O5=0 G5<>"willupd" returns ?
O5>0 G5="willupd" returns ?
O5>0 G5<>"willupd" returns ?
O5<0 G5="willupd" returns ?
O5<0 G5<>"willupd" returns ?

Tell us the 6 answers and we can tell you the formula.
 
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bj

If it always comes up as "pull", that indicates It always see value(O5) as 0
What does a cell with
=Value(O5)
show

if O5 will Not be negative
I think the equation should be
=IF(VALUE(O5)=0,"Pull",P5: =IF(VALUE(G5)="will upd","to be set","Keep")

If Value
 
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