One way:

Since you indicate that H8 will always be 1, 2, or 3:

=CHOOSE(H8, A1, A2, A3)

but then you throw in A4, so perhaps

=IF(AND(H8=1,H8<=3),CHOOSE(H8,A1,A2,A3),A4)

or, depending on what values H8 may take on, a Lookup formula would be
better.



In article ,
TheRobsterUK
wrote:

Is there a better way than this to code IF statements in a worksheet?


Code:
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=IF(H8=1, A1, IF(H8=2, A2, IF(H8=3, A3, A4)))
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As the code shows, the common reference cell is H8 and the IF statement
checks it's value (from a range of 1-3) and then makes the target cell
equal one out of a range of cells depending on the outcome.

This is a short example but I have some very long and complex IF
statements that use this method and was wondering if there was a way to
simplify e.g. by using array formulas or something similar?

Something along the lines of:


Code:
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=[IF(H8 = 1;2;3, A1;A2;A3, A4)]
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That obviously doesn't work but that's the kind of thing I was
thinking.

Cheers
-Rob