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Using the IF function with non-numeric digits & with numeric consequences

  1. 10-05-2012, 03:05 PM #1
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    Using the IF function with non-numeric digits & with numeric consequences

    If cell a1 is ABC I then want to multiply cell a2 by a3, but if cell a1 is CBA I then want to * cell cell a2 by a4
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    Re: Using the IF function with non-numeric digits & with numeric consequences

    try
    =A2*IF(A1="ABC", A3, A4)
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    Re: Using the IF function with non-numeric digits & with numeric consequences

    Close, but still having a problem. In my spreadsheet, column C is either CORN or SBEAN and if it is CORN I want to multiply column (Q*cell K1, but if it is SBEAN I need to multiply column (Q * J1.
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    Re: Using the IF function with non-numeric digits & with numeric consequences

    What formula did you try and how did it fail?
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    Re: Using the IF function with non-numeric digits & with numeric consequences

    I did get it to work. The problem I was having is that there were some blank spaces following the alpha-letters I was comparing to.
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