Hi, I need to write a formula that shows different names for different
months. Like, in column A I will have months of the year and column B I will
have a scientist name. For €œodd€� months (Jan, Mar, May, Jul, Sep, Nov), I
want scientist A, for €œeven€� months (Feb, Apr, Jun, Aug, Oct, Dec)I want
scientist B. I usually use IF formula, but I am lost on this one. How do I do
that? Thanks a lot!

Try this one out
=IF(MOD(MONTH(1&A1),2)=0,"Scientist B","Scientist A")
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"agatha" wrote:

Hi, I need to write a formula that shows different names for different
months. Like, in column A I will have months of the year and column B I will
have a scientist name. For €œodd€� months (Jan, Mar, May, Jul, Sep, Nov), I
want scientist A, for €œeven€� months (Feb, Apr, Jun, Aug, Oct, Dec)I want
scientist B. I usually use IF formula, but I am lost on this one. How do I do
that? Thanks a lot!

You need to create a date value like 1 Jan 2008 to get the month number.
Then use the MOD function to get the even and odd months. there are a few
other methods that can accomplish the same results.

=IF(MOD(MONTH(DATEVALUE("1 "&A7&" "&YEAR(TODAY()))),2)=1,"Scientist
A","Scientist B")
"agatha" wrote:

Hi, I need to write a formula that shows different names for different
months. Like, in column A I will have months of the year and column B I will
have a scientist name. For €œodd€� months (Jan, Mar, May, Jul, Sep, Nov), I
want scientist A, for €œeven€� months (Feb, Apr, Jun, Aug, Oct, Dec)I want
scientist B. I usually use IF formula, but I am lost on this one. How do I do
that? Thanks a lot!