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m81hassan_51
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Apr 26, 2019

Use IF statement in Excel with set of cells

Hi, I need to use the if statement with set of cells, say C4:C33, and the return for TRUE condition is the same as cell value, while for false condition the return value is zero. The following is an...
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m81hassan_51
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Apr 26, 2019

Thanks for your reply, What I exactly want, is that, if the value of specifc cell in column C is lower than the fixed value (placed in cell C40) the the output from If-statement is the same value of specific C-cell, else, the output value is zero. C40 is only used for condition/comparesion and not used as an output neither in True nor in false conditions.

 

Thanks

 

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Twifoo
Silver Contributor
Apr 26, 2019
You need no MIN. Thus, what you need is:
=(C4<C$40)*C4
The above formula returns either C4 or 0.
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    m81hassan_51
    Copper Contributor
    Apr 26, 2019
    What I need is to use a set of cells (C4:C22) instead of only one cell C4.

    The use of min function is to serve other purpose. The overall picture is that, I have a set of numbers which represent a test scores between 0 and 50. What I want to find is the highest score below the succeed point which is 25. For example, If I have the scores: 10,20,23,30,40,49; the value I need to find should be 23 in this example.

    Here, C40=Constant=25. Thanks
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      Twifoo
      Silver Contributor
      Apr 26, 2019
      Your new logic is now entirely different from the old one. Can please provide a clear example of your data and desired result?
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        m81hassan_51
        Copper Contributor
        Apr 26, 2019

        Ok,

        Lets us assume we have the following students scores:

         

        Student No.       Score

        -------------       ----------

         1                           41

        2                            20

        3                            23

        4                            27

        5                            30

        6                            10

        7                            49

         

        the test maximum possible score is 50. That is the minimum success degree that student need to take for passing the exam is 25.

        I need to find thclosest student score to 25 for failed students (below 25).

        In this above example, the required score will be 23 for student no. 3...

        What I am doing is that storing the 23 in a specific cell, say cell C40. and the students score are along column C.

        then, follow anyone of the following algorithms:

         

        1) find the minimum difference between C40-value and the student score which is bellow C40

        2) find the maximum value of student score which is still bellow C40.

         

        Thanks a lot for your help

         

         

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