Syntax for 2 AND conditions within an OR function.

[Mike K]

Greetings all,

I'm close, I think.
I need to OR two AND conditions. The 60/45 and 12/40 are text formatted

A1 A2
"60/45" AND "Green"
OR
A1 A2
"12/40" AND "Red"

True = YES
False = NO

Thanks Folks!

Mike

[Duke Carey]

=if(or(and(a1="60/45" ,a2= "Green"),and(a1="12/40",a2= "Red")),"yes","no")


"Mike K" wrote:

> Greetings all,
>
> I'm close, I think.
> I need to OR two AND conditions. The 60/45 and 12/40 are text formatted
>
> A1 A2
> "60/45" AND "Green"
> OR
> A1 A2
> "12/40" AND "Red"
>
> True = YES
> False = NO
>
> Thanks Folks!
>
> Mike

[Bob Phillips]

or

=IF(OR(A1&A2="60/45Green",A1&A2="12/40Red"),"yes","no")

--
HTH

Bob Phillips

"Duke Carey" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> =if(or(and(a1="60/45" ,a2= "Green"),and(a1="12/40",a2= "Red")),"yes","no")
>
>
> "Mike K" wrote:
>
> > Greetings all,
> >
> > I'm close, I think.
> > I need to OR two AND conditions. The 60/45 and 12/40 are text formatted
> >
> > A1 A2
> > "60/45" AND "Green"
> > OR
> > A1 A2
> > "12/40" AND "Red"
> >
> > True = YES
> > False = NO
> >
> > Thanks Folks!
> >
> > Mike

[Harlan Grove]

Bob Phillips wrote...
>or
>
>=IF(OR(A1&A2="60/45Green",A1&A2="12/40Red"),"yes","no")
....
>"Duke Carey" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>=if(or(and(a1="60/45" ,a2= "Green"),and(a1="12/40",a2= "Red")),"yes","no")
....

In this particular case concatenation works, but it isn't reliable in
general.

[Bob Phillips]

Harlan,

Are you referring to numbers?>

Bob

"Harlan Grove" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Bob Phillips wrote...
> >or
> >
> >=IF(OR(A1&A2="60/45Green",A1&A2="12/40Red"),"yes","no")
> ...
> >"Duke Carey" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> >>=if(or(and(a1="60/45" ,a2= "Green"),and(a1="12/40",a2=
"Red")),"yes","no")
> ...
>
> In this particular case concatenation works, but it isn't reliable in
> general.
>

[Harlan Grove]

Bob Phillips wrote...
>Are you referring to numbers?
....

No. The result of the concatenation operator, &, is always text.

But the point is that using OR(x&y="foobar",x&y="doodah") when the
fully qualified test is OR(AND(x="foo",y="bar"),AND(x="doo",y="dah"))
can lead to error when, e.g., x = "foob" and y = "ar" or x = "do" and y
= "odah". IOW, x&y=A&B doesn't necessarily give the same result as
AND(x=A,y=B).