In the context of this being an assignment and requiring the the use of
nested IF functions:

=IF(B6="FT",IF(C6=5,17,IF(C6=1,12,IF(AND(C6<1,C6 0),7,0))),0)

A more efficient way:

=IF(B6="FT",LOOKUP(C6,{0,0.00001,1,5},{0,7,12,17}) ,0)

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Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"Kimmer" wrote in message
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I am having trouble in my excel class again. Nothing seems to be even
close
to what we do in the book when we get to the assingments.
Need to enter a formula using the Nested If function to determine the
number
of vacation days each employee is eligible for based on the employees job
status in column B and on the number of years employed in Column C.
criteria is: 17days for full-timeemployees who have worked more than 5
years
-- 12days for full-time employees who have worked more then 1
year
7 days for full-time employees who have worked 1 year or
less
0 days for everyone else.
Very first person in the list has been FT for the least amount of time
Name Status yrs employed
A6 B6 C6 are the cells
Abba FT 0.1 data
I am getting totally lost. This is our last assignment and I am ready to
pull my hair out.

thanks to whoever can help.
Too old to be in college