kind sir..
thanks for your help... I did a very basic error and it's embarrassing, but
I have to confess....

My data that I wanted to refer to is in the K column... not the A column has
I used in my example...

the formula is perfect... thank you VERY much.
"David Biddulph" wrote:

It looks as if you haven't read the replies which Fred and I gave earlier?

Try changing your formula to
=IF(A2=730,730,IF(A2545,"545-730",IF(A2=365,"365-545",IF(A2180,"180-365","<180"))))

You may want to look again at whether you want or =, as you seem to have
been inconsistent.

The syntax of IF is very simple. It has 3 arguments, the first being a
condition, the second is the outcome if the condition is true, and the third
is the outcome if the condition is false (and the outcome defaults to a
value of FALSE if you don't give that third argument). The nesting comes in
if you decide that you want to replace one outcome or the other (or both) by
a further formula. Remember that if the first test is satisfied, you don't
go on to any tests which might be in the alternative (third argument) path,
so you don't need to test again. Look at what I said in my reply earlier.
--
David Biddulph

"jenn" wrote in message
...
=IF(A2=730,730,IF(A2545,A2<730,"545-730"),IF(A2=365,A2<545,"365-545",IF(A2<365,A2180,"180-365"),IF(A2<180,"<180"))))

Its supposed to look at the data in A2 and if it is greater than 730
display
730
if the number in A2 is between 545 and 730 display 545 - 730

etc

I've gotten it to work before, but the above is telling me there are too
many arguments and my nested experience is weak.

thanks!

"Fred Smith" wrote:

You still haven't told us everything you need. And your use of quotes
doesn't make any sense -- ie, we can't tell if you want your results to
be
numbers of text. Finally, what do you want to happen when A2 is between
365
and 545?

This syntax works, so maybe it will point you in the right direction:

=if(a2=730,730,if(and(a2545,a2<730),a2,if(a2=36 5,365,if(and(a2<365,a2180),a2,0))))

Regards,
Fred.



"jenn" wrote in message
...
I can not seem to get the syntax right.

=if(AND((A2730,"730),(A2545,A2<730,"545-730"),(A2<365,A2<180,"180-365)))...


basically... if 730 then 730
if between 545 and 730 then '545-730