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Conditional =CONCATENATE formula
Can't get my head around this one (perhaps it's just Friday!)
Cell B15 has a simple formula (Adding two cells) Cell B16 shaves off a couple of numbers number =CONCATENATE(RIGHT (B15,3)) B17 has a number I want to match with the shaved off number in B16 But when I try to add to that a conditional statement... =IF(B17<B16,"match","no match") Eg... A1: 1221 A2: 1 B15: = A1+A2 B16: =CONCATENATE(RIGHT(B15,3)) [yelids 222] B17: 223 B18 =IF(B17<B16,"match","no match") I shoud get "no match" in B18 [222 does not equal 223) but I get the same value no matter what is in B16 or B17. Is the concatenate formula causing a problem? I know the sum feature does not work with it. Thanks in advance to any wiz who can figure this one out! |
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It seems a little counter intuitive that you would want to return
"match" any time the cells DO NOT match and "no match" when they are the same; but, assuming that is the case the problem may come down to the fact that the RIGHT(x,3) function returns a 3 character "string" which may not match the value you compare it with, even if they look the same. You can try =VALUE(CONCATENATE(RIGHT(B15,3)) and see if that works better. It seems that the CONCATENATE function is extraneous since you are not concatenating anything; but, it is harmless. Good luck. Ken Norfolk, Va On Jun 26, 12:11*pm, Bullocks wrote: Can't get my head around this one (perhaps it's just Friday!) Cell B15 has a simple formula (Adding two cells) Cell B16 shaves off a couple of numbers number =CONCATENATE(RIGHT (B15,3)) B17 has a number I want to match with the shaved off number in B16 But when I try to add to that a conditional statement... =IF(B17<B16,"match","no match") Eg... A1: * *1221 A2: * * 1 B15: * = A1+A2 B16: * =CONCATENATE(RIGHT(B15,3)) *[yelids 222] B17: * 223 B18 * =IF(B17<B16,"match","no match") I shoud get "no match" in B18 [222 does not equal 223) but I get the same value no matter what is in B16 or B17. *Is the concatenate formula causing a problem? *I know the sum feature does not work with it. Thanks in advance to any wiz who can figure this one out! |
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Thanks Ken!!!!!
You are amazing. Cheers, Graeme |
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