1) Your ORs should be ANDs
IF(OR(x 3, x<5, "x is between 3 and 5", "some other value" NO
IF(OR(x 3, x<5, "x is either greater than 3 or less than 5", "some other
value" YES
Could be 2 (less than 5) , 4 (less than 5), 22 (greater than 3) etc (not
very informative)

IF(AND(x 3, x<5,"x is between 3 and 5","some other value" YES
Be sure to study this for future problems


2) but you go not need the AND
=IF(x <3, "X is less than 3", if(X = 5, "x is 3 to 5....
The values lower than 3 are 'trapped' by the first test and do not need to
be test again

So:

=IF(E2<3,"<3",IF(E2<=5,"3-5",IF(E2<=10,"6-10",IF(E2<=15,"11-15",IF(E2<=20,"16-20","20")))))

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"KS" wrote in message
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Hey all,
Hope your day is going better then mine. :)

Getting right to the point...

Here is the formula that goes in column G
=IF(E2<3,"<3",IF(OR(E2=3,E2<=5),"3-5",IF(OR(E2=6,E2<=10),"6-10",IF(OR(E2=11,E2<=15),"11-15",IF(OR(E2=16,E2<=20),"16-20","20")))))

data out of column E
11
15
3
20
-2

actual output of column G from formula
3-5
3-5
3-5
3-5
<3

output that SHOULD be coming into column G
11-15
11-15
3-5
16-20
<3

What is wrong with the formula? Why is it only looking at the first 2 Ifs?
Hope this makes sense, if you have any questions let me know. Any help
would
be great. Thanks in advance!