Combine If statements

[mbetsy]

Happy New Year and thank you in advance.

I have 3 if statements which work individually but I don't do semi complex formula writing often enough to know how to do this properly.

If A1 is blank then concatenate this way, concatenate that way
If A1 is not blank and B1 is blank, then concatenate this way, concatenate that way
If A1 is not blank and B1 is not blank, then concatenate this way, concatenate that way

My concatenate formulas don't seem toe be the issue, true and false in a response would be understood.

Tks.

 

[Fluff]

Something along the lines of
=IF(A1="","a1 is blank",IF(B1="", "a1 is not blank & b1 is blank","neither a1 nor b1 are blank"))

 

[mbetsy]

Here are the 3 statements which work individually, which I would like to combine:

		C1	D1	E1	F1	G1
		=IF(ISBLANK(A2),IF(ISBLANK(B2),CONCATENATE(C1,G1),CONCATENATE("not what i want")))
A3		=IF(NOT(ISBLANK(A3)),IF(ISBLANK(B3),CONCATENATE(C1,F1,G1),CONCATENATE("not what i want")))
A4	B4	=IF(NOT(ISBLANK(A4)),IF(ISBLANK(B4),CONCATENATE(C1,D1,E1,F1,G1),CONCATENATE("not what i want")))

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Thank you.

 

[Fluff]

Can you show the expected outcome for each scenario?

 

[mbetsy]

Thank you for sticking with me, Fluff.

		C1	D1	E1	F1	G1
		Desired Result: C1 G1
A3		Desired Result: C1 F1 G1
A4	B4	Desired Result: C1 E1 F1 G1

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Essentially, depending on the blank status of either A or B, pick up a different set of cells to concatenate. The three rules represent the 3 possible scenarios for my data.

/mbetsy

 

[bosco_yip]

Maybe,

In C2, copied down :

=CHOOSE(BIN2DEC(0+(A2<>"")&0+(B2<>""))+1,C$1&" "&G$1,"not what i want",C$1&" "&F$1&" "&G$1,C$1&" "&E$1&" "&F$1&" "&G$1)

Regards
Bosco

 

[mbetsy]

Thank you, bosco. That does yield close to the desired result; adds an extra space between the cells. I have looked up the bin2dec function, but have had no occasion to use it. Can you explain the logic of the solution? Tks.

 

[bosco_yip]

Extract the BIN2DEC function part form the formula >>

>> BIN2DEC(0+(A2<>"")&0+(B2<>""))+1

This part >> 0+(A2<>"")&0+(B2<>"") generate 00, 01, 10 or 11

Then,

BIN2DEC(0+(A2<>"")&0+(B2<>""))+1 will give result 1, 2, 3 or 4 (being the Index number of the Choose function)

Regards
Bosco

 

[mbetsy]

So the formula creates a value for an empty cell, then gives each permutation a unique value, and gives each permutation directions?

I have now successfully integrated this into my work, thank you very much.