If Statement with Two Conditions

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Leroy

I'm trying to do an if statement with two conditions like the following

If a value falls between two dates then give it a value of 1, if not give it a value of 0. The if statement works well with one condition but when I try to do something like this = if (a2<=b2<=c2,1,0) it does not work. Help

Leroy
 
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Chip Pearson

Leroy,

Try something like
=IF(AND(A2<=B2,B2<=C2),1,0)


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Cordially,
Chip Pearson
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
www.cpearson.com



Leroy said:
I'm trying to do an if statement with two conditions like the following:

If a value falls between two dates then give it a value of 1,
if not give it a value of 0. The if statement works well with
one condition but when I try to do something like this = if
(a2<=b2<=c2,1,0) it does not work. Help!
 
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Don Guillett

The secret here is AND
AND
See Also

Returns TRUE if all its arguments are TRUE; returns FALSE if one or more
argument is FALSE.

Syntax

AND(logical1,logical2, ...)

Logical1, logical2, ... are 1 to 30 conditions you want to test that can
be either TRUE or FALSE.

Remarks

a.. The arguments must evaluate to logical values such as TRUE or FALSE,
or the arguments must be arrays or references that contain logical values.
b.. If an array or reference argument contains text or empty cells, those
values are ignored.
c.. If the specified range contains no logical values, AND returns the
#VALUE! error value.
Example 1

The example may be easier to understand if you copy it to a blank worksheet.

How?

1.. Create a blank workbook or worksheet.
2.. Select the example in the Help topic. Do not select the row or column
headers.


Selecting an example from Help

3.. Press CTRL+C.
4.. In the worksheet, select cell A1, and press CTRL+V.
5.. To switch between viewing the results and viewing the formulas that
return the results, press CTRL+` (grave accent), or on the Tools menu, point
to Formula Auditing, and then click Formula Auditing Mode.


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A B
Formula Description (Result)
=AND(TRUE, TRUE) All arguments are TRUE (TRUE)
=AND(TRUE, FALSE) One argument is FALSE (FALSE)
=AND(2+2=4, 2+3=5) All arguments evaluate to TRUE (TRUE)


Example 2

The example may be easier to understand if you copy it to a blank worksheet.

How?

1.. Create a blank workbook or worksheet.
2.. Select the example in the Help topic. Do not select the row or column
headers.


Selecting an example from Help

3.. Press CTRL+C.
4.. In the worksheet, select cell A1, and press CTRL+V.
5.. To switch between viewing the results and viewing the formulas that
return the results, press CTRL+` (grave accent), or on the Tools menu, point
to Formula Auditing, and then click Formula Auditing Mode.


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A
Data
50
104
Formula Description (Result)
=AND(1<A2, A2<100) Because 50 is between 1 and 100 (TRUE)
=IF(AND(1<A3, A3<100), A3, "The value is out of range.")
Displays the second number above, if it is between 1 and 100, otherwise
displays a message (The value is out of range.)
=IF(AND(1<A2, A2<100), A2, "The value is out of range.")
Displays the first number above, if it is between 1 and 100, otherwise
displays a message (50)


--
Don Guillett
SalesAid Software
[email protected]
Leroy said:
I'm trying to do an if statement with two conditions like the following:

If a value falls between two dates then give it a value of 1, if not give
it a value of 0. The if statement works well with one condition but when I
try to do something like this = if (a2<=b2<=c2,1,0) it does not work. Help!
 
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Bernard Liengme

Hi Leroy,
You need to use the AND function.
=IF(AND(a2>=b2,a2<=c2),1,0)

--
Bernard Liengme
www.stfx.ca/people/bliengme
remove CAPS in e-mail address


Leroy said:
I'm trying to do an if statement with two conditions like the following:

If a value falls between two dates then give it a value of 1, if not give
it a value of 0. The if statement works well with one condition but when I
try to do something like this = if (a2<=b2<=c2,1,0) it does not work. Help!
 
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Norman Harker

Hi Leroy!

The syntax for testing for two conditions that must both be met and to
return 1 for TRUE and 0 for FALSE is:

=IF(AND(Condition1,Condition2),1,0)

So you need something like:

=IF(AND(C2>=A2,C2<=B2),1,0)

Covers C2 being between A2 and B2 inclusive of those two dates.
 
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