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    easy IF statement

    Hello all,

    I have a feeling that this is going to be an easy (ish) question, so posted in the new users section.

    i am wanting to define the content of a cell, dependant on what exists in another cell.

    in simple terms,
    i want cell A1 to display 'Fruit' if cell A2 contains 'Apple', 'Banana', or 'Grape'.
    cell A1 should display 'Vegetable' if cell A2 contains 'Potato', 'Carrot', or 'Swede'.

    cell A2 can contain more than one value, but only fruit OR veg - ie could contain "Banana Apple", but not "Potato Grape".

    so far I have this simple formula, in cell A1

    =(IF(A2 = "APPLE", "FRUIT", "VEGETABLE"))

    but this does not cater for anything much.

    Any help would be greatly appreciated.

    Thanks, Mark

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    If you have 2 ranges named Fruits and Vegetables, respectively and each containing the items for the categories, then you can use something like:

    =IF(ISNUMBER(MATCH(A2,fruits,0)),"Fruit",IF(ISNUMBER(MATCH(A2,Vegetables,0)),"Vegetable",""))

    you can also just replace fruits and vegetables with ranges containing respective items.
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    Quote Originally Posted by 1978
    Hello all,

    I have a feeling that this is going to be an easy (ish) question, so posted in the new users section.

    i am wanting to define the content of a cell, dependant on what exists in another cell.

    in simple terms,
    i want cell A1 to display 'Fruit' if cell A2 contains 'Apple', 'Banana', or 'Grape'.
    cell A1 should display 'Vegetable' if cell A2 contains 'Potato', 'Carrot', or 'Swede'.

    cell A2 can contain more than one value, but only fruit OR veg - ie could contain "Banana Apple", but not "Potato Grape".

    so far I have this simple formula, in cell A1

    =(IF(A2 = "APPLE", "FRUIT", "VEGETABLE"))

    but this does not cater for anything much.

    Any help would be greatly appreciated.

    Thanks, Mark
    Hi try this in A1

    =IF(AND(A2<>"",ISERROR(SEARCH("Potato",A2)),ISERROR(SEARCH("Carrot",A2)),ISERROR(SEARCH("Swede",A2))),"Fruit","Vegitable")

    this formula assumes that you enter fruit or vergitable names in a single cell A2 (may be seperated with commas)
    and you do not enter anything other than fruit names or vegitable names.

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