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How can I test the text content of a cell
I wish to create a logical test - an IF statement that tests whether a cell
contains H, M or L, and output the result as a number. I cannot get the IF statement to recognise text as true or false - my Excel 2007 gives an error when I try to do something like IF(E9=H ....) is there a way to do this? |
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How can I test the text content of a cell
=IF(E9="H"
Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:43:01 -0700, catefaulkes wrote: I wish to create a logical test - an IF statement that tests whether a cell contains H, M or L, and output the result as a number. I cannot get the IF statement to recognise text as true or false - my Excel 2007 gives an error when I try to do something like IF(E9=H ....) is there a way to do this? |
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How can I test the text content of a cell
For Excel to recognize text, you need to surround it in quotes, like this:
=if(or(e9="H",e9="M",e9="L"),true,false) Regards, Fred "catefaulkes" wrote in message ... I wish to create a logical test - an IF statement that tests whether a cell contains H, M or L, and output the result as a number. I cannot get the IF statement to recognise text as true or false - my Excel 2007 gives an error when I try to do something like IF(E9=H ....) is there a way to do this? |
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How can I test the text content of a cell
Hi,
You don't say if you want a different number for each of the text values or the same number so we'll start with the same number =IF(OR(A1="H",A1="M",A1="L"),99999,"") -- Mike When competing hypotheses are otherwise equal, adopt the hypothesis that introduces the fewest assumptions while still sufficiently answering the question. "catefaulkes" wrote: I wish to create a logical test - an IF statement that tests whether a cell contains H, M or L, and output the result as a number. I cannot get the IF statement to recognise text as true or false - my Excel 2007 gives an error when I try to do something like IF(E9=H ....) is there a way to do this? |
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How can I test the text content of a cell
Hi catefaulkes,
Yet another approach: =(E9="H")*1+(E9="M")*2+(E9="L")*3 Replace the 1,2,3 with whatever values you require. If no match occurs, 0 is returned. -- Cheers macropod [Microsoft MVP - Word] "catefaulkes" wrote in message ... I wish to create a logical test - an IF statement that tests whether a cell contains H, M or L, and output the result as a number. I cannot get the IF statement to recognise text as true or false - my Excel 2007 gives an error when I try to do something like IF(E9=H ....) is there a way to do this? |
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