=if(a3="Saturday",420,if(a3="sunday",348,if(a3="fr iday",378,172)))

A3 actually is a date 1/1/08, but its fromatted to display Tuesday. 172 is
what's input in to the formulated cell, so that tells me it's not recognizing
a3's cell contents. Sorry about the lack of information previously.

I tried the =IF(A3="Saturday",22,IF(A3="Sunday",75,0)) formula and all it
returned was a -...it was even tried on a cell that displayed Sunday.

Thanks for your help everyone

"T. Valko" wrote:

What should happen if A3 is neither Sat nor Sun?

Try something like this:

=IF(A3="Saturday",22,IF(A3="Sunday",75,0))

0 means A3 is neither Sat nor Sun.

--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"DaS" wrote in message
...
I am trying to make a cell equal a specific number based upon the text of
another cell,i.e., if cell A3 is Saturday, then I want G3 to equal 22. If
it's Sunday then I want G3 to be 75. I've tried using the following
format
from another post, but all i get is the very last number meaning that none
of
them are true:

=IF(A1<=99,A1+(A1*0.15),IF(A1<=2000,A1+(A1*0.1),IF (A1<=5000,A1+(A1*0.7),IF(A1<=15000,A1+(A1*0.5),A1+ (A1*0.4)))))

is it beacuse I'm looking for text? Do I need to use another formula?