What type of formula would respond to the following conditions 12 (excel
seems to only permit up to 7...is it possible to get around that?):

IF Any Cell in Column AA= A1 and Any Cell in Column AB =B1 then C1=555
IF Any Cell in Column AA= A2 and Any Cell Column AB =B1 then C1=666
IF Any Cell in Column AA= A3 and Any Cell Column AB =B1 then C1=777

IF Any Cell in Column AA= A1 and Any Cell in Column AB =B2 then C1=888
IF Any Cell in Column AA= A2 and Any Cell in Column AB =B2 then C1=999
IF Any Cell in Column AA= A3 and Any Cell Column AB =B2 then C1=000

IF Any Cell in Column AA= A1 and Any Cell in Column AB =B3 then C1=111
IF Any Cell in Column AA= A2 and Any Cell in Column AB =B3 then C1=222
IF Any Cell in Column AA= A3 and Any Cell Column AB =B3 then C1=333

IF Any Cell in Column AA= A1 and Any Cell in Column AB =B4 then C1=1212
IF Any Cell in Column AA= A2 and Any Cell in Column AB =B4 then C1=2323
IF Any Cell in Column AA= A3 and Any Cell Column AB =B4 then C1=4545

help me please?

Alex

You would have to either write a function in VBA or use helper cells to
do it.

I am not aware of any Excel function or combination of functions that
can test for "Any cell in Column AA=A1" If you are willing to restrict
to a subset of a column, then you could use an array formula like
IF(COUNT(FIND(A1,AA1:AA100)),"found","not found")
but you would quickly run out of nesting levels. Array formulas must be
array entered (Ctrl-Shift-Enter).

Jerry

ALex wrote:

What type of formula would respond to the following conditions 12 (excel

seems to only permit up to 7...is it possible to get around that?):

IF Any Cell in Column AA= A1 and Any Cell in Column AB =B1 then C1=555
IF Any Cell in Column AA= A2 and Any Cell Column AB =B1 then C1=666
IF Any Cell in Column AA= A3 and Any Cell Column AB =B1 then C1=777

IF Any Cell in Column AA= A1 and Any Cell in Column AB =B2 then C1=888
IF Any Cell in Column AA= A2 and Any Cell in Column AB =B2 then C1=999
IF Any Cell in Column AA= A3 and Any Cell Column AB =B2 then C1=000

IF Any Cell in Column AA= A1 and Any Cell in Column AB =B3 then C1=111
IF Any Cell in Column AA= A2 and Any Cell in Column AB =B3 then C1=222
IF Any Cell in Column AA= A3 and Any Cell Column AB =B3 then C1=333


IF Any Cell in Column AA= A1 and Any Cell in Column AB =B4 then C1=1212
IF Any Cell in Column AA= A2 and Any Cell in Column AB =B4 then C1=2323
IF Any Cell in Column AA= A3 and Any Cell Column AB =B4 then C1=4545


help me please?

Alex

haven't had time to think through a solution, but i just wanted to respond
to Jerry's post about
I am not aware of any Excel function or combination of functions that can
test for "Any cell in Column AA=A1"
the countif function can be used for this
e.g.
=COUNTIF(AA:AA,A1)
will give you the number of times it is found and
=IF(COUNTIF(AA:AA,A1)=1,"found',"not found")
will give you whether or not it is found

hopefully will have time for a more detailed answer later on ...

--
Cheers
JulieD
check out www.hcts.net.au/tipsandtricks.htm
....well i'm working on it anyway
"Jerry W. Lewis" wrote in message
...
You would have to either write a function in VBA or use helper cells to do
it.

I am not aware of any Excel function or combination of functions that can
test for "Any cell in Column AA=A1" If you are willing to restrict to a
subset of a column, then you could use an array formula like
IF(COUNT(FIND(A1,AA1:AA100)),"found","not found")
but you would quickly run out of nesting levels. Array formulas must be
array entered (Ctrl-Shift-Enter).

Jerry

ALex wrote:

What type of formula would respond to the following conditions 12 (excel
seems to only permit up to 7...is it possible to get around that?):

IF Any Cell in Column AA= A1 and Any Cell in Column AB =B1 then C1=555
IF Any Cell in Column AA= A2 and Any Cell Column AB =B1 then C1=666
IF Any Cell in Column AA= A3 and Any Cell Column AB =B1 then C1=777

IF Any Cell in Column AA= A1 and Any Cell in Column AB =B2 then C1=888
IF Any Cell in Column AA= A2 and Any Cell in Column AB =B2 then C1=999
IF Any Cell in Column AA= A3 and Any Cell Column AB =B2 then C1=000

IF Any Cell in Column AA= A1 and Any Cell in Column AB =B3 then C1=111
IF Any Cell in Column AA= A2 and Any Cell in Column AB =B3 then C1=222
IF Any Cell in Column AA= A3 and Any Cell Column AB =B3 then C1=333


IF Any Cell in Column AA= A1 and Any Cell in Column AB =B4 then C1=1212
IF Any Cell in Column AA= A2 and Any Cell in Column AB =B4 then C1=2323
IF Any Cell in Column AA= A3 and Any Cell Column AB =B4 then C1=4545

help me please?

Alex

Not sure what I was thinking when I used COUNT(FIND()) instead of
COUNTIF, but COUNTIF(), does not work if you pass an entire column as
the range.

Jerry

JulieD wrote:

haven't had time to think through a solution, but i just wanted to respond
to Jerry's post about

I am not aware of any Excel function or combination of functions that can
test for "Any cell in Column AA=A1"

the countif function can be used for this
e.g.
=COUNTIF(AA:AA,A1)
will give you the number of times it is found and
=IF(COUNTIF(AA:AA,A1)=1,"found',"not found")
will give you whether or not it is found

hopefully will have time for a more detailed answer later on ...

Jerry W. Lewis wrote...
Not sure what I was thinking when I used COUNT(FIND()) instead of
COUNTIF, but COUNTIF(), does not work if you pass an entire column as
the range.
....

Assuming the comma immediately after COUNTIF() was a typo, your
statement is incorrect if you're referring to the first argument.
COUNTIF's first argument must be a single area range, so the problem
with entire column ranges being converted to arrays is finessed. On the
other hand, you can't use an entire column range as COUNTIF's second
argument, so the standard idiom for counting distinct entries in a
range, e.g.,

=SUMPRODUCT(1/COUNTIF(A:A,A:A))

won't work.

For example, enter =ROW() in A1:A65536, and enter

=COUNTIF(A:A,"4")

and

=COUNTIF(A:A,"<100")

in other cells. I get 65532 and 99, respectively. Don't you?

The OP's application was an entire column as the second argument.
COUNTIF will not work for that.

Jerry

Harlan Grove wrote:

Jerry W. Lewis wrote...

Not sure what I was thinking when I used COUNT(FIND()) instead of
COUNTIF, but COUNTIF(), does not work if you pass an entire column as
the range.

...

Assuming the comma immediately after COUNTIF() was a typo, your
statement is incorrect if you're referring to the first argument.
COUNTIF's first argument must be a single area range, so the problem
with entire column ranges being converted to arrays is finessed. On the
other hand, you can't use an entire column range as COUNTIF's second
argument, so the standard idiom for counting distinct entries in a
range, e.g.,

=SUMPRODUCT(1/COUNTIF(A:A,A:A))

won't work.

For example, enter =ROW() in A1:A65536, and enter

=COUNTIF(A:A,"4")

and

=COUNTIF(A:A,"<100")

in other cells. I get 65532 and 99, respectively. Don't you?

What's the order of priority here Alex? Or are your test results mutually
exclusive?

What if values in column AA match A1 and A2 and/or A3?
What if values in AB = B1 and/or B2 and/or B3?

If there is no chance of multiple tests being true, you can use something
like this

=(AND(COUNTIF(A:A,A1)0,COUNTIF(AB:AB,B1)0) *555) +
(AND(COUNTIF(A:A,A2)0,COUNTIF(AB:AB,B1)0) *666) +
---finish your other 10 conditions with the same order


"ALex" wrote:

What type of formula would respond to the following conditions 12 (excel
seems to only permit up to 7...is it possible to get around that?):

IF Any Cell in Column AA= A1 and Any Cell in Column AB =B1 then C1=555
IF Any Cell in Column AA= A2 and Any Cell Column AB =B1 then C1=666
IF Any Cell in Column AA= A3 and Any Cell Column AB =B1 then C1=777

IF Any Cell in Column AA= A1 and Any Cell in Column AB =B2 then C1=888
IF Any Cell in Column AA= A2 and Any Cell in Column AB =B2 then C1=999
IF Any Cell in Column AA= A3 and Any Cell Column AB =B2 then C1=000

IF Any Cell in Column AA= A1 and Any Cell in Column AB =B3 then C1=111
IF Any Cell in Column AA= A2 and Any Cell in Column AB =B3 then C1=222
IF Any Cell in Column AA= A3 and Any Cell Column AB =B3 then C1=333

IF Any Cell in Column AA= A1 and Any Cell in Column AB =B4 then C1=1212
IF Any Cell in Column AA= A2 and Any Cell in Column AB =B4 then C1=2323
IF Any Cell in Column AA= A3 and Any Cell Column AB =B4 then C1=4545

help me please?

Alex

This will give an error message if there is not a match in AA or AB but try
putting this into C!
=CHOOSE(IF(COUNTIF(AB:AB,B1)0,0,IF(COUNTIF(AB:AB, B2)0,3,IF(COUNTIF(AB:AB,B3)0,6,IF(COUNTIF(AB:AB, B4)0,9,12))))+IF(COUNTIF(AA:AA,A1)0,1,IF(COUNTIF (AA:AA,A2)0,2,IF(COUNTIF(AA:AA,A3)0,3,12))),555, 666,777,888,999,0,111,222,333,444,1212,2323,4545)

If you need something in C1 when there is no match the equation could be
modified.
If there is always to be a match in one or both coulumns the equation can be
simplified.

"ALex" wrote:

What type of formula would respond to the following conditions 12 (excel
seems to only permit up to 7...is it possible to get around that?):

IF Any Cell in Column AA= A1 and Any Cell in Column AB =B1 then C1=555
IF Any Cell in Column AA= A2 and Any Cell Column AB =B1 then C1=666
IF Any Cell in Column AA= A3 and Any Cell Column AB =B1 then C1=777

IF Any Cell in Column AA= A1 and Any Cell in Column AB =B2 then C1=888
IF Any Cell in Column AA= A2 and Any Cell in Column AB =B2 then C1=999
IF Any Cell in Column AA= A3 and Any Cell Column AB =B2 then C1=000

IF Any Cell in Column AA= A1 and Any Cell in Column AB =B3 then C1=111
IF Any Cell in Column AA= A2 and Any Cell in Column AB =B3 then C1=222
IF Any Cell in Column AA= A3 and Any Cell Column AB =B3 then C1=333

IF Any Cell in Column AA= A1 and Any Cell in Column AB =B4 then C1=1212
IF Any Cell in Column AA= A2 and Any Cell in Column AB =B4 then C1=2323
IF Any Cell in Column AA= A3 and Any Cell Column AB =B4 then C1=4545

help me please?

Alex

after reading Duke's comments, I did assume (shudder) that the order you put
the matches was the priority. It would be easy to change the equation for a
different priority.

"bj" wrote:

This will give an error message if there is not a match in AA or AB but try
putting this into C!
=CHOOSE(IF(COUNTIF(AB:AB,B1)0,0,IF(COUNTIF(AB:AB, B2)0,3,IF(COUNTIF(AB:AB,B3)0,6,IF(COUNTIF(AB:AB, B4)0,9,12))))+IF(COUNTIF(AA:AA,A1)0,1,IF(COUNTIF (AA:AA,A2)0,2,IF(COUNTIF(AA:AA,A3)0,3,12))),555, 666,777,888,999,0,111,222,333,444,1212,2323,4545)

If you need something in C1 when there is no match the equation could be
modified.
If there is always to be a match in one or both coulumns the equation can be
simplified.

"ALex" wrote:

What type of formula would respond to the following conditions 12 (excel
seems to only permit up to 7...is it possible to get around that?):

IF Any Cell in Column AA= A1 and Any Cell in Column AB =B1 then C1=555
IF Any Cell in Column AA= A2 and Any Cell Column AB =B1 then C1=666
IF Any Cell in Column AA= A3 and Any Cell Column AB =B1 then C1=777

IF Any Cell in Column AA= A1 and Any Cell in Column AB =B2 then C1=888
IF Any Cell in Column AA= A2 and Any Cell in Column AB =B2 then C1=999
IF Any Cell in Column AA= A3 and Any Cell Column AB =B2 then C1=000

IF Any Cell in Column AA= A1 and Any Cell in Column AB =B3 then C1=111
IF Any Cell in Column AA= A2 and Any Cell in Column AB =B3 then C1=222
IF Any Cell in Column AA= A3 and Any Cell Column AB =B3 then C1=333

IF Any Cell in Column AA= A1 and Any Cell in Column AB =B4 then C1=1212
IF Any Cell in Column AA= A2 and Any Cell in Column AB =B4 then C1=2323
IF Any Cell in Column AA= A3 and Any Cell Column AB =B4 then C1=4545

help me please?

Alex

One way would be to use a helper column. Try the following (formulas
need to be confirmed with CONTROL+SHIFT+ENTER , not just ENTER)...

Helper column:

AD1:

=INDEX({555,666,777},MATCH(1,(COUNTIF(AA:AA,A1:A3) 0)*(COUNTIF(AB:AB,B1)
0),0))

AD2:

=INDEX({888,999,0},MATCH(1,(COUNTIF(AA:AA,A1:A3)0 )*(COUNTIF(AB:AB,B2)0)
,0))

AD3:

=INDEX({111,222,333},MATCH(1,(COUNTIF(AA:AA,A1:A3) 0)*(COUNTIF(AB:AB,B3)
0),0))

AD4:

=INDEX({1212,2323,4545},MATCH(1,(COUNTIF(AA:AA,A1: A3)0)*(COUNTIF(AB:AB,B
4)0),0))

This column can be hidden, if so desired. Alternatively, you can choose
'White' as your font color to hide these cells.

Desired result:

AE1:

=INDEX(AD:AD,MATCH(TRUE,AD1:AD4=0,0))

Hope this helps!

In article ,
"ALex" wrote:

What type of formula would respond to the following conditions 12 (excel
seems to only permit up to 7...is it possible to get around that?):

IF Any Cell in Column AA= A1 and Any Cell in Column AB =B1 then C1=555
IF Any Cell in Column AA= A2 and Any Cell Column AB =B1 then C1=666
IF Any Cell in Column AA= A3 and Any Cell Column AB =B1 then C1=777

IF Any Cell in Column AA= A1 and Any Cell in Column AB =B2 then C1=888
IF Any Cell in Column AA= A2 and Any Cell in Column AB =B2 then C1=999
IF Any Cell in Column AA= A3 and Any Cell Column AB =B2 then C1=000

IF Any Cell in Column AA= A1 and Any Cell in Column AB =B3 then C1=111
IF Any Cell in Column AA= A2 and Any Cell in Column AB =B3 then C1=222
IF Any Cell in Column AA= A3 and Any Cell Column AB =B3 then C1=333

IF Any Cell in Column AA= A1 and Any Cell in Column AB =B4 then C1=1212
IF Any Cell in Column AA= A2 and Any Cell in Column AB =B4 then C1=2323
IF Any Cell in Column AA= A3 and Any Cell Column AB =B4 then C1=4545

help me please?

Alex