General Guidance for 10 nested if else

luckVIII

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Hi Everyone,
I'm need some advice for nested if else. I needed a 10 item if-else situation and I am aware that the limit is 7. Plus I need it to continuously need to check value such that if user changes values, the if-else statements will auto adjust to new message(while retaining the ability to copy and paste).

The newer excel supports IFS which is awesome and I can get it to work on my laptop but unfortunately the computers actually using it can't be upgraded to support this (plus I want to be sure that it works on all computers no matter where the file is). I am aware of concatenation option but unfortunately I really do need to have some checks from the if else statements to prevent odd results (because my conditions involve three different cells with greater and less than values). I just tried to do a combo of concatenation and if-else statements but got some very weird results.

I am thinking of using VBA but would like the way if-else works. This would ensure that when ever user changes values in the cell, the if-else would be automatically updated with newest message. I tried VBA with Worksheet_SelectionChange(ByVal Target As Range) but when I tried copy and pasting these cells became inaccessible.

Thanks again for your knowledge and insight.
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I maybe could provide a Vba solution. But you have provided no details.

If what cell value= what then do what?
 
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It's rare to need so many nested IFs and suspect you could probably get away with fewer with some logic changes.

Worksheet_Change is the event you need for a value change in a cell, Worksheet_SelectionChange is when you change the activecell to a different one.

Start by providing examples of inputs and expected outputs.

Without your worksheet (that's in front of and visible to you only, not a reader of the post), the post doesn't detail any specifics so replies will be as vague, if ultimately you're after a working VBA solution.
 
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.. I am aware that the limit is 7.
Unless you are using a very old Excel version (2003 or earlier) the limit (since Excel 2007) is 64 levels of nesting, not 7.
Having said that, I agree that there is often a better way than a lot of nesting so waiting on more details as requested by the other posters.
 
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