I'm trying to compare Column A and Column B with Column C and Column D and display the results in Column E as shown in the table below using the following formula:
=IF(NOT(IF(AND(A2=C2,B2=D2),"Names Correct","Names Not Correct")),AND(NOT(A2=C2),B2=D2),"Car Worng, Driver Correct", "Car Correct, Driver Wrong")
But I get the error when I press enter:
You've Entered too many arguments for this function
Can someone please point out what I'm doing wrong. Thanks.
Eidt: forgot to include table.
If you indent your code, you'll see that it doesnt really match up.
=IF(
NOT(
IF(
AND(
A2=C2,
B2=D2
),
"Names Correct",
"Names Not Correct"
)
),
AND(
NOT(
A3=C3
),
B3=D3
),
"Car Worng, Driver Correct",
"Car Correct, Driver Wrong"
)
You have a IF(NOT, AND, value1, value2) at the top level.
I dont know what your goal was, but hopefully this helps you solve it.
There's no need to use NOT, the required result can be achieved using nested IF statements and the AND function
=IF(AND(A2=C2,B2=D2),"Names Correct",IF(AND(A2=C2,B2<>D2),"Car Correct, Driver Wrong",IF(AND(A2<>C2,B2=D2),"Car Wrong , Driver Correct","Names Not Correct")))
Or formatted a bit better.
=IF(AND(A2=C2,B2=D2),"Names Correct",
IF(AND(A2=C2,B2<>D2),"Car Correct, Driver Wrong",
IF(AND(A2<>C2,B2=D2),"Car Wrong , Driver Correct",
"Names Not Correct")))
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hello everyone I'm here and needs help with excel
message from excel is
(you've entered too many arguments for this function)
and that my function.
=IF(AND(H2="A","B"),"group 1",IF(AND(N2H2="C","D"),"group 2",""))
please any one can help ?
The first condition to test within the IF statement "AND(H2="A","B")" will always return false - as this tests "Is H2 = "A" ? AND "Is '"B"'?
H2 cannot equal "A" and "B" simultaneously, and besides, even if you wanted to test that you'd have to use "AND(H2="A", H2="B").
Imagine someone asking you the Q "Is H2 = "A"?"
You could answer this if you knew what was in cell H2 (like Excel does) - and you could answer 'True' (yes) or 'False' (no).
But if you were asked is "B" as well? you would probably be quite puzzled - perhaps you would reply "Is "B" what as well"?
Excel would also be puzzled and in such circumstances the default response is 'False' (until proven otherwise!)
The 2nd AND statement is the wrong syntax - see here for some examples of how to use the AND statement.
This is probably why you are seeing the error you see - again:
If someone asked you "Is N2H2="C" and is "B" as well?
You wouldn't know which cell I was referring to (N2H2 does not exist in Excel)
Further, you wouldn't know what to say to "Is "B"?" (Is it a consonent? Is it capital? Is it the 2nd letter of the alphabet? Is it what?
Using this equation Excel will not return an error "too many arguments", it will return "invalid name error" (because there is no such thing as "N2H2" as far as Excel is concerned")
You need to use the following generic syntax for AND statements of this type:
AND(cell 1=some value1, cell 2= some value2) - not AND(cell1cell2=some value1, some value2)
i.e. this would be correct syntax:
=IF(AND(H2="A",N2="B"),"group 1",IF(AND(H2="D",N2="C"),"group 2",""))
(but it assumes you are trying to test cell N2 = B in the first AND statement because it's impossible for cell H2 to equal both A and B at the same time as I've said above)
As someone has pointed out in the comments - if you're testing whether H2 can be "A" OR "B" then simply use the OR statement - i.e. something like this:
=IF(OR(H2="A",H2="B"),"group 1",IF(AND(H2="D",N2="C"),"group 2",""))
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/and-function-5f19b2e8-e1df-4408-897a-ce285a19e9d9
I have the following nested IFs (I know the comments aren't Excel comments, but using them in my text editor helps me through the logic)
// start by seeing if there is an order date
=IF(
$C46<>"",
//there is an order date. have the parts begun to arrive # P2?
IF(
$D46<>"",
//parts have begun to arrive # P2. Have they finished transferring to Brevard?
IF(
$F46<>"",
// product has finished transferring to warehouse. has it begun to ship?
IF(
$G46<>"",
// product has begun to ship. Has it shipped completely?
IF(
$H46<>"",
// has shipped completely. this ends the cycle
IF(
AND(J$5>=$G46,J$5<=$H46),
"S",
"error - shipped completely"
),
// has NOT shipped completely. Here's where to TODAY() formula comes in
IF(
AND(J$5>=$G46,J$5<=TODAY()),
"S",
"error - began shipping, but not complete"
)
)
// product has NOT begun to ship; HAS completely transferred to Brevard. It's in inventory until shipping begins
IF(
AND(J$5>$F46,J$5<=TODAY()),
"I",
"error - finished transferring to Brevard. in Inventory. Not begun to ship"
)
),
// product has begun assembly, but has not finished transferring to Brevard.
IF(
AND(J$5<=$D46,J$5<=TODAY()),
"A",
"error - assembly has begun, has not finished transferring"
)
),
//there is an order date, but parts have not arrived at P2
IF(
AND(J$5<=C46,J$5<=TODAY()),
"O",
"error - order has been taken, assembly has not begun"
)
),
// there is no order date
""
)
When rendering all this, Excel is stringing together the FALSE values and as a result, they are turned into #VALUE, which ruins the entire formula.
What am I doing wrong? If I remove the FALSE values, it still renders #VALUE. I don't understand how to tell it to do exactly nothing, especially multiple times in one algorithm.
You are having too many ELSE in the formula. Thus, after some debugging this is what you get:
at some point. Thus, the #VALUE appears. In general, the nested if syntax in Excel is like this:
Thus, every new =IF is in the ELSE place. Thus, only one ELSE is written (number 5 from the screenshot above)
IF function – nested formulas and avoiding pitfalls
F9 is a good friend in the evaluation of a big formula. Once you select the formula, select a whole internal formula and press F9 to see the result.
Using a nested If Statement in Excel I have been trying to obtain results using the following criteria:
within 100 and 75000 Volts but should accept 11; 22; 25; 26; 30; 33; 66
as they will be in kV
Source data is in a table Transformers and the formula is also returning data on two other tables MASTER and META.
I have tried in vain all kinds of IF/AND/OR variants of the following, however I have rarely used nested if statements before so am not at home with the logic. Any help gratefully received !
Thank you
=IF(MASTER!N2="Failed Check 1","Failed Check 1",IF(META!N2="Failed Check 2","Failed Check 2"), IF(OR(Transformers!T2>=110, Transformers!T2<=75000) OR(Transformers!T2=11, Transformers!T2=22, Transformers!T2=25, Transformers!T2=26, Transformers!T2=30, Transformers!T2=33, Transformers!T2=66),"Failed Check 3","Passed Check 3"))
Thank you
It looks like you need an AND as the first term in your OR. The parenthesis also looked incorrect. Once the complexity reaches a certain stage it sometimes helps to compose the formulas in something like Notepad with white-space to display the logic:
=IF(MASTER!N2="Failed Check 1",
"Failed Check 1",
IF(META!N2="Failed Check 2",
"Failed Check 2",
IF(OR(
AND(Transformers!T2>=110, Transformers!T2<=75000),
Transformers!T2=11,
Transformers!T2=22,
Transformers!T2=25,
Transformers!T2=26,
Transformers!T2=30,
Transformers!T2=33,
Transformers!T2=66
),
"Failed Check 3",
"Passed Check 3"
)
)
)
Without linebreaks this is:
=IF(MASTER!N2="Failed Check 1","Failed Check 1",IF(META!N2="Failed Check 2","Failed Check 2", IF(OR(AND(Transformers!T2>=110, Transformers!T2<=75000),Transformers!T2=11, Transformers!T2=22, Transformers!T2=25, Transformers!T2=26, Transformers!T2=30, Transformers!T2=33, Transformers!T2=66),"Failed Check 3","Passed Check 3")))
=IF(MASTER!N2="Failed Check 1","Failed Check 1",IF(META!N2="Failed Check 2","Failed Check 2", IF(OR(Transformers!T2>=110, Transformers!T2<=75000, Transformers!T2=11, Transformers!T2=22, Transformers!T2=25, Transformers!T2=26, Transformers!T2=30, Transformers!T2=33, Transformers!T2=66),"Failed Check 3","Passed Check 3")))
Some problems in your formula:
before the second OR a comma is missing, it should be ),OR(
closing parenthesis of first OR is missing, it should be ...=66)),...
closing parenthesis of IF is missing, your formula should end to )))
+1 you are looking for values between 100 and 75000, this could be done with AND instead of OR
Another approach
To simplify your formula you can place your valid kV values in a range and refer to it; let's call it kVolts (one value per cell, either in one row or in one column)
The simplified formula:
=IF(MASTER!N2="Failed Check 1","Failed Check 1",IF(META!N2="Failed Check 2","Failed Check 2"), IF(OR(AND(Transformers!T2>=110, Transformers!T2<=75000),IFERROR(MATCH(Transformers!T2,kVolts,0)>0,FALSE)) ,"Failed Check 3","Passed Check 3")))
Based on your conditions, I would recommend you implement this one liner which assumes your data is in cell A1.
=IF(OR(AND(A1>=100,A1<=75000),A1=11,A1=22,A1=25,A1=26,A1=30,A1=33,A1=66),TRUE,FALSE)
Although this only returns TRUE or FALSE, which doesn't tell you which check it has passed.
I have a nested if statement is returning "False" rather than the expected outcome.
Scenario
Table "High VoltageCables" has data in it that default to numeric but may contain characters: kVa
Table "Master" checks "High VoltageCables" data as blank or not blank, and returns "Failed Check 1","Passed Check 1". This works fine.
Table "Meta" then checks the results of "Master" and then tests "High VoltageCables" data for length between 1 and 6, regardless of whether record is numeric or string.
Formula
=IF(MASTER!H2="Passed Check 1",IF(LEN('High VoltageCables'!O2)>=1,IF(LEN('High VoltageCables'!O2<6),"Passed Check 2","Failed Check 2")))
This is partially succesful, as it returns "Passed Check 2" for the following sample data in the source table "High VoltageCables".
1 numeric, or
1kVa str, or
50000 numeric
However if a field in "High VoltageCables"is blank, the formula returns "FALSE" rather than "Failed Check 1"
I inherited this task, (and would have preferred to do the whole thing in Access using relatively simple queries) - and unfortunately I am new to nested If statements, so I am probably missing something basic...
NB the data in High VoltageCables must default to numeric for a further check to work.
The first and second IF's seem to be missing the else part. They should be added at the end between the ))) like ), else ), else )
Every IF statement consists of IF( condition, truepart, falsepart) if you have two nested ifs it will be something like IF( condition, IF( condition2, truepart2, falsepart2), falsepart)
Hope that makes it a little clearer
You do have an unaccounted for FALSE in the middle IF. Try bring the latter two conditions together.
=IF(Master!H2="Passed Check 1",IF(OR(LEN('High VoltageCables'!O2)={1,2,3,4,5}),"Passed Check 2","Failed Check 2"))
It's still a bit unclear on what to show or not show if Master!H2 does not equal "Passed Check 1".
I failed to construct the formula with a concluding "else" - "Failed Check 1"
Using jeeped's and Tom's suggestion and adding the final "else" part I have solved the problem:
=IF(MASTER!H2="Passed Check 1",IF(OR(LEN('High VoltageCables'!O2)={1,2,3,4,5}),"Passed Check 2","Failed Check 2"),"Failed Check 1")
I am trying to write a formula that takes a word and process it through a IF function in excel, The Values are list in the formula. My issue right now is the fact that I have Large, X-Large and 1X-Large text. The X-Large and 1X-Large are unique strings and need the IF function to be able to differentiate the two.
Here is what i have so far.
=if(or(isnumber(search("Small",af2)),ISNUMBER(SEARCH("Medium",AF2)),ISNUMBER(SEARCH("Large",AF2)),,ISNUMBER(SEARCH("X-Large",AF2))),"Small",or(isnumber(search("1X-Large",af2)),isnumber(search("2X-Large",af2)),isnumber(search("3X-Large",af2)),isnumber(search("4X-Large",af2))),"1X-Large")
I cant understand why it's showing an error and only displays small when it works.
All help is appreciated
Your current formula shouldn't work, it should be giving you an error about having too many arguments. A breakdown of your function:
=if(
or(isnumber(search("Small",af2)),ISNUMBER(SEARCH("Medium",AF2)),ISNUMBER(SEARCH("Large",AF2)),,ISNUMBER(SEARCH("X-Large",AF2))),
"Small",
or(isnumber(search("1X-Large",af2)),isnumber(search("2X-Large",af2)),isnumber(search("3X-Large",af2)),isnumber(search("4X-Large",af2))),
"1X-Large"
)
You cannot use 4 parameters in an IF. You need to have a maximum of 3. Maybe what you meant was:
=if(
or(isnumber(search("Small",af2)),ISNUMBER(SEARCH("Medium",AF2)),ISNUMBER(SEARCH("Large",AF2)),,ISNUMBER(SEARCH("X-Large",AF2))),
"Small",
IF(
or(isnumber(search("1X-Large",af2)),isnumber(search("2X-Large",af2)),isnumber(search("3X-Large",af2)),isnumber(search("4X-Large",af2))),
"1X-Large"
)
)
But that doesn't solve your issue about the X-Large part. To cater for that, you can check whether the X-Large series exist first, then the others.
=IF(
OR(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("1X-Large",AF2)),ISNUMBER(SEARCH("2X-Large",AF2)),ISNUMBER(SEARCH("3X-Large",AF2)),ISNUMBER(SEARCH("4X-Large",AF2))),
"1X-Large",
IF(
OR(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("Small",AF2)),ISNUMBER(SEARCH("Medium",AF2)),ISNUMBER(SEARCH("Large",AF2)),ISNUMBER(SEARCH("X-Large",AF2))),
"Small"
)
)
Although you can make it shorter with this:
=IF(
OR(ISNUMBER(SEARCH({"1X-Large","2X-Large","3X-Large","4X-Large"},AF2))),
"1X-Large",
IF(
OR(ISNUMBER(SEARCH({"Small","Medium","Large","X-Large"},AF2))),
"Small"
)
)
In one line...
=IF(OR(ISNUMBER(SEARCH({"1X-Large","2X-Large","3X-Large","4X-Large"},AF2))),"1X-Large",IF(OR(ISNUMBER(SEARCH({"Small","Medium","Large","X-Large"},AF2))),"Small"))