hello all, i`ve been trying to make a decision tree using excel, the problem
i encounter is that i wish to put information in to b11 which is related to
information in b3, the information in b3 is ether 0 or err and is based on a
"y" or "n" being entered, does anyone know which formula to use which will
print a true of false statement in b11

Hi Andrew,
If you mean print "True" or "False" or your error

b11: =Left(b3)="y"

So you can use YES, Yes, yes, Y, y and get True
everything else will show False

Or to treat the error in B3 as False, you might want to use
B11: =IF(ISERR(B3),FALSE,LEFT(B3)="Y")

FWIW (For What It's Worth)
Most worksheet formulas are not case sensitive
Most VBA comparisons are case sensitve
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/strings.htm
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"andrew h via OfficeKB.com" wrote m...
hello all, i`ve been trying to make a decision tree using excel, the problem
i encounter is that i wish to put information in to b11 which is related to
information in b3, the information in b3 is ether 0 or err and is based on a
"y" or "n" being entered, does anyone know which formula to use which will
print a true of false statement in b11

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