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Excel IF and OR Formula Help
I tried on my own but I have confused myself. Trying to write excel formulas for all same spreadsheet parameters:
1. "if" column H is blank then pull data from column G or column I (which ever one contains a valid mailing address).
2. "if" column N is blank but column P has data, copy data to column N
3. "if" column P is blank but column N has data, copy it to column P
Any help is much appreciated as I made my own head spin trying to figure this out how to combine if and or formulas. I am not sure that's even what's needed.
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- mathetesGold Contributor
Do you have an actual spreadsheet in which you want to accomplish this? Can you post a copy? [If the actual contains real names of real people, then make a mock-up of at least a few of the rows that illustrate the problems you're trying to solve.]
That said, some questions that need to be asked or points that need to be made with regard to your questions.
1. "if" column H is blank then pull data from column G or column I (which ever one contains a valid mailing address).
Pull data to which column? It can't be column H that contains the formula because then it's not blank to begin with. What do you want done if both G and I have valid addresses? [By the way, it's a mistake to include an entire address in a single cell.] So you would need to be doing this IF....THEN in some other column altogether, perhaps column J.
2. "if" column N is blank but column P has data, copy data to column N
3. "if" column P is blank but column N has data, copy it to column P
Similar to what I said above, these IF...THEN formulas would need to be in a cell in a column other than N or P, because a formula in one of those columns means it's not blank.
Any help is much appreciated as I made my own head spin trying to figure this out how to combine if and or formulas. I am not sure that's even what's needed.
It could be that you're trying to do what I just pointed out won't work, making a cell not be blank by entering a formula in it that checks whether or not it's blank.
In any event, if you could post a copy (or a mock-up) of what you're working with, then we can offer some specific help.
- Misshexadecimal23Copper Contributor
Cust No Division Cust Name Job Description Influencer Name Title Address 1 Address 2 Address 3 43 G example 1 sales john doe OWNER example 1 PO BOX 159 - Misshexadecimal23Copper Contributorsorry that didn't copy columns over:
Cust No. is Column A and then consecutive letters from left to right thereafter.
This would require VBA. Do you want it to run automatically when the user enters data in columns G, I, P or N? Or would it be OK to run the code on demand?