Isolating Operators in a Cell Reference

[Admaiora61]

Is there a way to write the following uinsg <= in a cell reference?  Kindly refer to the folloiwng:

=IF(L2&"<="&D2,E2)

Cell C2 conatins <= but when I reference the cell, it wraps it in quotes which results in #VALUE!

[#2]

@Admaiora61 

As variant

=IF( SWITCH(C2, "<", L2<D2, "<=", L2<=D2, "=", L2=D2, ">", L2>D2, ">=", L2>=D2 ), E2 )

[#3]

Thank you for quick response Sergei.

It would appear easier just to use the operators in the expression in lieu of a cell reference.

[#4 · Accepted solution]

In general I'd say yes unless you want to change that cell C2 and not go into the formula. Another variant is:
=IF(COUNTIF(L2, C2&D2),E2)

[#5]

C2 wll not change. You're solution is an excellent alternate; thank you!

[#6]

Hey mtarler;

The final expression is as follows:
=IF(K2="","",IF(COUNTIF(K2,$B2&$C2),$D2,IF(COUNTIFS(K2,$E2&$F2,K2,$G2&$H2),$I2,$J2)))

It worked perfectly. Thanks a million...