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jensor4
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Feb 10, 2023
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I am trying to come up with formula that will appear in column G that depends on entries in columns  B and C. There are only 2 permissable entries in column B (A or B). There are 4 permissisable entr...
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    dscheikey
    Feb 10, 2023

    jensor4 

    I would solve this with SWITCH(). There are certainly countless variations.

     

    =SWITCH(B4,"A",E4*(100*D4-100*F4-B$1),"B",SWITCH(C4,"P",E4*(100*F4-100*D4-B$1),"C",E4*(100*F4-100*D4-B$1),"S",E4*(F4-D4),"D",D4,""),"")

     

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dscheikey
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Feb 11, 2023

jensor4 

Like this?

=SWITCH(B5,"A",1,"B",SWITCH(C5,"P",2,"C",2,"S",3,"D",4,""),"")

 

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jensor4
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Feb 11, 2023

dscheikey That didn't work. But this did since there were only 2 input variables in column B (A orB), but 4 in column C (P, C, S, D). Using If and Switch worked perfectly without having to nest:

 

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