If Statments containing letters

[Rick Wiley]

How do I create an IF statement that contains letters.

eg. Cell A1 "COTTONELLE 24 ROLL".
IF(A1="COTT*",1,0).

The ultimate goal is to create Conditional Formatting for specific brands.

[Dave Peterson]

One way:

=IF(COUNTIF(A1,"cott*"),1,0)

or
=--countif(a1,"cott*")

The -- converts true to 1 and False to 0.



Rick Wiley wrote:
>
> How do I create an IF statement that contains letters.
>
> eg. Cell A1 "COTTONELLE 24 ROLL".
> IF(A1="COTT*",1,0).
>
> The ultimate goal is to create Conditional Formatting for specific brands.

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Dave Peterson

[Nikki]

how about if you use:

=IF(LEFT(A26,4)="COTT",1,0)

"Rick Wiley" wrote:

> How do I create an IF statement that contains letters.
>
> eg. Cell A1 "COTTONELLE 24 ROLL".
> IF(A1="COTT*",1,0).
>
> The ultimate goal is to create Conditional Formatting for specific brands.