complex conditional formulas in excel using "IF"
 

i am trying to create a column in an excel sheet using multiple IF statements
IF the value in sheet5 column B = X, then go to sheet1
IF the value in sheet5 column B = N, then go to sheet2 etc

Then
Find the value in sheetX columnA that equals Sheet5 columnA corresponding to
row of formula

Retrieve the value in sheetX column C and enter it into this cell

Then i want to copy the formula syntax for the enite column in sheet5

sounds like if and vlookup will do what you want but you are limited by the
number of ifs
eg=if(b5=x,vlookup(A5,Sheet1!A1:C100,3,false),if(B 5=N,vlookup(A5,Sheet2!A1:C100,3,false),"not x or n"))
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paul
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"jdmas" wrote:

i am trying to create a column in an excel sheet using multiple IF statements
IF the value in sheet5 column B = X, then go to sheet1
IF the value in sheet5 column B = N, then go to sheet2 etc

Then
Find the value in sheetX columnA that equals Sheet5 columnA corresponding to
row of formula

Retrieve the value in sheetX column C and enter it into this cell

Then i want to copy the formula syntax for the enite column in sheet5

Hi!

If you created named ranges for "X" and "N", then something like this:

=VLOOKUP(A5,INDIRECT(B5),3,0)

Biff

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sounds like if and vlookup will do what you want but you are limited by
the
number of ifs
eg=if(b5=x,vlookup(A5,Sheet1!A1:C100,3,false),if(B 5=N,vlookup(A5,Sheet2!A1:C100,3,false),"not
x or n"))
--
paul
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"jdmas" wrote:

i am trying to create a column in an excel sheet using multiple IF
statements
IF the value in sheet5 column B = X, then go to sheet1
IF the value in sheet5 column B = N, then go to sheet2 etc

Then
Find the value in sheetX columnA that equals Sheet5 columnA corresponding
to
row of formula

Retrieve the value in sheetX column C and enter it into this cell

Then i want to copy the formula syntax for the enite column in sheet5