Alan,

Yes that's correct. Because Excel performs multiplication, (or division),
before subtraction, (or addition), it multiplies 5% by 1 or 2 depending what
is in A1 to give 5%, (0.05) or 10%, (0.1) which is then subtracted from 1 to
give 0.95 or 0.9 respectively which of course id 95% or 90%

--
Regards,

Sandy
In Perth, the ancient capital of Scotland


with @tiscali.co.uk


"Alan" wrote in message
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Sandy,
That is really good! Do I have this right? It took a while to realise how
it works,
1-((A1=750)+(A1=500))
converts the TRUE or FALSE results to 1 or 0 thus returning 1 or 2, then
the *5% returns 5% for 1 and 10% for 2 and A1 is multiplied by that?
Regards,
Alan.

"Sandy Mann" wrote in message
...
You don't say what you want if the amount is exactly 500 or 750 but try:

=A1*(1-((A1=750)+(A1=500))*5%)

--
HTH

Sandy
In Perth, the ancient capital of Scotland


with @tiscali.co.uk


"cardfan057" wrote in message
...
I am making an invoice that will figure a discount for a certain amount
of
sale, all from the same cell, if the subtotal is < 500 then they will
get no
discount, if it is 500 they will get a 5%, and if it is 750 they
will get
a 10% discount, what formula do i use??
--
cardfan057

Thanks for that Sandy,
We live and learn!
That's a way to do a calculation like that which never occured to me, I
always have disliked nested IF's!
Regards and thanks from Hertfordshire,
Alan.
"Sandy Mann" wrote in message
...
Alan,

Yes that's correct. Because Excel performs multiplication, (or division),
before subtraction, (or addition), it multiplies 5% by 1 or 2 depending
what
is in A1 to give 5%, (0.05) or 10%, (0.1) which is then subtracted from 1
to
give 0.95 or 0.9 respectively which of course id 95% or 90%

--
Regards,

Sandy
In Perth, the ancient capital of Scotland


with @tiscali.co.uk


"Alan" wrote in message
...
Sandy,
That is really good! Do I have this right? It took a while to realise how
it works,
1-((A1=750)+(A1=500))
converts the TRUE or FALSE results to 1 or 0 thus returning 1 or 2, then
the *5% returns 5% for 1 and 10% for 2 and A1 is multiplied by that?
Regards,
Alan.

"Sandy Mann" wrote in message
...
You don't say what you want if the amount is exactly 500 or 750 but try:

=A1*(1-((A1=750)+(A1=500))*5%)

--
HTH

Sandy
In Perth, the ancient capital of Scotland


with @tiscali.co.uk


"cardfan057" wrote in message
...
I am making an invoice that will figure a discount for a certain amount
of
sale, all from the same cell, if the subtotal is < 500 then they will
get no
discount, if it is 500 they will get a 5%, and if it is 750 they
will get
a 10% discount, what formula do i use??
--
cardfan057