Andy

Instead of 16 different if functions..you can have a table such as below in
Sheet2. and use a VLOOKUP() MATCH() formula to get the desired results

In Sheet1 try the below formula
=VLOOKUP(age,Sheet2!A1:C10,MATCH(boy/girl,Sheet2!A1:C1,0),0)

OR
=VLOOKUP(5,Sheet2!$A$1:$C$10,MATCH("Boy",Sheet2!$A $1:$C$1,0),0)
which will lookup Boy with Age5 and return the corresponding value from the
Sheet2 table. for the above formula it will return x1 or what ever in that
cell...

Col A Col B Col C
Age Boy Girl
5 x1 y1
6 x2 y2
7 x3 y3
8 x4 y4
9 x5 y5
10 x6 y6

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Jacob Skaria


"Andy" wrote:

I am using excel to calculate BMI for children. I have 16 different if
functions entered and want to set a criteria for using each function.
Basically I want to use one formula for 5 year old boys, another for 5 yr.
old girls, one for 6 year old boys, and another for 6 year old girls, etc. I
have the formulas in a different sheet. I've tried countifs but I can't seem
to get that to work. Example below:
A B C D E
F G
Name Gender Age Height Weight BMI Category