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    If function giving wrong answer

    =IF(AW5>T5,"B",IF(AW5=T5,"G",IF(T5-AW5=1,"A",IF(T5-AW5>=2,"R"))))

    Using the formula above I'm getting B show up in places it shouldn't. I'm quite new to this so could be missing something very obvious!

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    Re: If function giving wrong answer

    Welcome to the forum.

    Sorry - can't tell from the formula what might be wrong. Do you have text values that are being treated as numbers? If so, try this:

    =IF(AND(ISNUMBER(AW5),AW5>T5),"B",IF(AW5=T5,"G",IF(T5-AW5=1,"A",IF(T5-AW5>=2,"R"))))

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    Re: If function giving wrong answer

    Hi - thanks for the quick response.

    It's part of a huge spreadsheet where AW depends on the outcome of 5 other cells so I'm struggling to attach. I've attached a picture for now while I figure it out

    The formula you gave me above returns the correct result in some cells, but others change to FALSE

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    Re: If function giving wrong answer

    Read what I said again:

    A good sample workbook has just 10-20 rows of representative data that has been desensitised. It also has expected results mocked up, relevant cells highlighted and a few explanatory notes.
    I can't work with a picture, but if that first criterion is returning "B", then either the value in T or the one in AW is text (or both are).

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    Re: If function giving wrong answer

    Try this:

    =IF(AW5-T5>0,"B",IF(AW5-T5=0,"G",IF(T5-AW5=1,"A","R")))

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    Re: If function giving wrong answer

    Thank you - this worked!

    The values in T are mostly imported from elsewhere. Those that were typed in manually were the ones giving incorrect results.

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