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=IF(B1,"",SUMPRODUCT(--(B$1:B$5=""),--(A1<A$1:A$5))+1), Biff formula
In a solution posted by Biff on Oct 24, 3:18AM, subjected "Vlookup formula
criteria" in a reply to gmunro question, Biff used an IF function with following structu =IF(B1,"",SUMPRODUCT(--(B$1:B$5=""),--(A1<A$1:A$5))+1) I thought in an If function the first part should show the condition, second: action if the outcome is true and third is the action if outcome is false. Here the condition is only B1, so what is the condition? |
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=IF(B1,"",SUMPRODUCT(--(B$1:B$5=""),--(A1<A$1:A$5))+1), Biff formu
It would help to know what data was expected to be in B1, but I'm too lazy to
search for the question in question. However, as a test, I tried the following (don't know how it will look after the paste.) : TRUE y FALSE n abc #VALUE! n 1 y 0 n -1 y #N/A #N/A 10/24/2006 y 4 y I put true in A1, false in A2, also used blank, positive & negative #, 0, error, a date and formula. Then used a formula in corresponding cell in B of =IF(A1,"y","n") As can be seen, true, positive or negative number, date, and formula (at least one that returns 4) returns a y. I don't know if that helps, but there you go. -- Kevin Vaughn "Rasoul Khoshravan" wrote: In a solution posted by Biff on Oct 24, 3:18AM, subjected "Vlookup formula criteria" in a reply to gmunro question, Biff used an IF function with following structu =IF(B1,"",SUMPRODUCT(--(B$1:B$5=""),--(A1<A$1:A$5))+1) I thought in an If function the first part should show the condition, second: action if the outcome is true and third is the action if outcome is false. Here the condition is only B1, so what is the condition? |
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