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Can IF function result in its answer in a different cell?

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    Can IF function result in its answer in a different cell?

    Can this Formula work? Where if c2<e5 then its value is a number.
    The formula below is what i tried but it didnt work

    =IF((C2<E5);"c5=value=f5")
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    Re: Can IF function result in its answer in a different cell?

    A formula can only put a result in the cell in which it resides. If you want C5 to be the same as F5 if C2 < E5 then put this formula in C5:

    IF(C2<E5;F5;"")

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    Re: Can IF function result in its answer in a different cell?

    Hi,

    Try

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    where the result is the F5 value if C2 is less than E5, otherwise blank

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