I am trying to create an "IF" statement whose value is contingent upon a
range of cells. Basically, I have 5 cells with 5 different dates. I also
have a cell which is designated to search the 5 date cells ("IF" statement)
and if one of the cells has a date less than or equal to today's date...I
want my "IF" statement to notify me. Right now, I can only search one cell.
Any suggestions?

One way:

=IF(COUNTIF(A1:A5,"<=" & TODAY())0,"Be notified", "")


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"Brent" wrote:

I am trying to create an "IF" statement whose value is contingent upon a
range of cells. Basically, I have 5 cells with 5 different dates. I also
have a cell which is designated to search the 5 date cells ("IF" statement)
and if one of the cells has a date less than or equal to today's date...I
want my "IF" statement to notify me. Right now, I can only search one cell.
Any suggestions?

If your dates are in a range like A1:A5 you could use
=sumproduct(--(A1:A5<=today()))
And it will return the number of days in the range that are less than equal
to
today's date so if it says 0 there aren't any otherwise there are.

Another way would be to use
=if(or(a1<=today(),a2<=today(),a3<=today(),a4<=tod ay(),a5<=today()),"Yes","")

This will say Yes if there are any days in the range less than or equal to
today. If there aren't any it would just remain blank.

HTH

"Brent" wrote:

I am trying to create an "IF" statement whose value is contingent upon a
range of cells. Basically, I have 5 cells with 5 different dates. I also
have a cell which is designated to search the 5 date cells ("IF" statement)
and if one of the cells has a date less than or equal to today's date...I
want my "IF" statement to notify me. Right now, I can only search one cell.
Any suggestions?

Perfect....The "COUNTIF" threw me off a bit, but it worked...Thanks.

"JE McGimpsey" wrote:

One way:

=IF(COUNTIF(A1:A5,"<=" & TODAY())0,"Be notified", "")


In article ,
"Brent" wrote:

I am trying to create an "IF" statement whose value is contingent upon a
range of cells. Basically, I have 5 cells with 5 different dates. I also
have a cell which is designated to search the 5 date cells ("IF" statement)
and if one of the cells has a date less than or equal to today's date...I
want my "IF" statement to notify me. Right now, I can only search one cell.
Any suggestions?