Excel 2003 - I have a spreadsheet that needs to check a members Age in a
colum, then compare the Age to a set of data to return the proper "rate". I
have tried =IF and =LOOKUP and both seem to fail grieviously when I use <=

Example: =IF ('WS1'|A1, <=24, 1 and then repeates the <= per each age range
break(8 categories to check for true/false). Where in the nurmal if true is
going to be a row to apply to, then a second =IF will check salary and assign
the Colum.

Now I know checking for 8 or more I should use lookup but it seems to fail als

Instead of IF, you could use a VLOOKUP formula to return a value from a
rate table. There are examples in Excel's Help, and he

http://www.contextures.com/xlFunctions02.html

Or, depending on your data structure, you may need to use an INDEX/MATCH
formula. There are examples he

http://www.contextures.com/xlFunctions03.html

Kenner Costen wrote:
Excel 2003 - I have a spreadsheet that needs to check a members Age in a
colum, then compare the Age to a set of data to return the proper "rate". I
have tried =IF and =LOOKUP and both seem to fail grieviously when I use <=

Example: =IF ('WS1'|A1, <=24, 1 and then repeates the <= per each age range
break(8 categories to check for true/false). Where in the nurmal if true is
going to be a row to apply to, then a second =IF will check salary and assign
the Colum.

Now I know checking for 8 or more I should use lookup but it seems to fail als



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