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=MATCH(D1,{"S","T","L+E","MN","MJ"},0)=(5-MATCH(C1-B1,{539,221,89,55,50},-1)
)

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Bob Phillips
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"neowok " wrote in message
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I need to work out quite a complicated formula for conditional
formatting.

I have column B which will contain a given date.
Column C which will contain another date.
column D which may contain one of "MJ", "MN", "L+E", "S" or "T".


What I need to do is colour column D Green if ANY of the following
statements is true
D1="MJ" AND C1-B1=540
D1="MN" AND C1-B1=222
D1="L+E" AND C1-B1=90
D1="T" AND C1-B1=56
D1="S" AND C1-B1=51

then i can simply adjust those numbers down for yellow and again for
red once i have the formula in place.

Basically a different amount of days notice must be given for each of 5
different types of work (symbolised by the 5 abbreviations above). B
is the date it has been applied for, C is the date they plan to start.
So I need to colour the cell green if the cell contains xx type of work
AND the number of days between B and C is greater than the required
notice (which would be 540 if the cell contained "MJ" for example). So
the formula needs to check which type of work it is, and then check
that enough days notice for that work has been given, if it has then
itll be green.

Thanks


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