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Can someone help on this formula? Basically, trying to get a "Yes", if the
field, E2, equals, "Open" or "Closed" or "Close Out" or, "Completed".

Perhaps there is an easier way.

=IF(E2="Open","Yes",(IF(E2="Closed","Yes",IF(E2="C lose Out","Yes","",
IF(E2="Completed","Yes","")))

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Default Complex If/Then

Here's one way:

=IF(ISNA(MATCH(E2,{"Open","Closed","Close out","Completed"},
0)),"","Yes")

Hope this helps.

Pete


On Aug 3, 3:50*pm, PAL wrote:
Can someone help on this formula? *Basically, trying to get a "Yes", if the
field, E2, equals, "Open" or "Closed" or "Close Out" or, "Completed".

Perhaps there is an easier way.

=IF(E2="Open","Yes",(IF(E2="Closed","Yes",IF(E2="C lose Out","Yes","",
IF(E2="Completed","Yes","")))

Thanks.


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Default Complex If/Then

You were probably trying to say
=IF(E2="Open","Yes",IF(E2="Closed","Yes",IF(E2="Cl ose Out","Yes",
IF(E2="Completed","Yes",""))))

An alternative is
=IF(OR(E2={"Open","Closed","Close Out","Completed"}),"Yes","")
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Can someone help on this formula? Basically, trying to get a "Yes", if
the
field, E2, equals, "Open" or "Closed" or "Close Out" or, "Completed".

Perhaps there is an easier way.

=IF(E2="Open","Yes",(IF(E2="Closed","Yes",IF(E2="C lose Out","Yes","",
IF(E2="Completed","Yes","")))

Thanks.



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