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I am trying to create a elimination ladder and want to ceate a formula to
move names from one cell to another when an X is placed in a certain cell.
Example when cell C2 is checked as X name in C1 moves to F1
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Formulae return values to their calling cells - they can't change other
cells. Assuming C1 and D1 have the two names and the X will go in C2 or
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=IF(C2="X",C2,IF(D2="X",D2,"")

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I am trying to create a elimination ladder and want to ceate a formula to
move names from one cell to another when an X is placed in a certain cell.
Example when cell C2 is checked as X name in C1 moves to F1

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in C1
=if(c2="X","","Name in C1")

in F1

=if(c2="X",C1,"")

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I am trying to create a elimination ladder and want to ceate a formula to
move names from one cell to another when an X is placed in a certain cell.
Example when cell C2 is checked as X name in C1 moves to F1



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