"IF" involving intervals

wvan

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I run Excel on native MS Office 2002 XP.

I am trying to define 3 conditions for analysing my data, one of which includes an interval. These are:

If A1 > 3 then A2 = 1
If A1 < 3 and > 0 then A2 = N
If A1 < 0 then A2 = 2

I am frustrated in my attempts to use MS Help because it is formatted to accept only 2 outcomes (true or false)

Thank you for you help
 

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Well, I tried to modify the suggested formula

=IF(C3>D3;1;IF(C3=D3;"N";2))

to

=IF(K7>3;1;IF(K7>0<3;"N";2))

or

=IF(K7>3;1;IF(K7>0 and K7<3;"N";2))

but I only get results of 1 or 2 though i know there should be N's
 
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try ...

=IF(A1>3,1,IF(AND(A1<3,A1>0),"N",IF(A1<0,2)))

one may be able to simplify this to save some key strokes but it works.

Regards!

Yogi
 
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The vlookup option would be
=VLOOKUP(A1,{-999,2;0,"N";3,1},2)

where your lowest expected value is -999. Adjust downward to suit your criteria. This could also be "dressed" up in the case that A1 is blank.

good luck
 
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Hi,

You need to answer Mark's question -- what happens at 0 and 3?

If you want the following
x -> (oo,3) = 1
x -> [3,0) = N
x -> [0,-oo) = 2

try,
=IF(A1>3;1,IF(A1>0;"N";2))

Change the > to >= if you want to test the critical points differently.

Also, seach the Help for the proper syntax of the AND function. It is not needed here, but when it is, you will need to change the syntax to AND(test1,test2,...)
 
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On 2002-08-21 14:46, IML wrote:
The vlookup option would be
=VLOOKUP(A1,{-999,2;0,"N";3,1},2)

where your lowest expected value is -999. Adjust downward to suit your criteria. This could also be "dressed" up in the case that A1 is blank.

good luck

But, VLOOKUP's suitability would depend on the answer to my question above.
 
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try this to assure all points from 0 to 3 including are accounted for

=IF(A1>3,1,IF(A1<0,2,IF(OR(A1<=3,A1>=0),"N")))

this will fix the 0 and 3 issue along with the possibilty of a -1 in cell a1 (less than 0)
 
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On 2002-08-21 14:23, wvan wrote:
I run Excel on native MS Office 2002 XP.

I am trying to define 3 conditions for analysing my data, one of which includes an interval. These are:

If A1 > 3 then A2 = 1
If A1< 3 and > 0 then A2 = N
If A1< 0 then A2 = 2

I am frustrated in my attempts to use MS Help because it is formatted to accept only 2 outcomes (true or false)

Thank you for you help

How about this "three-valued logic":

if A1 >= 3 ==> -1
if A1 > 0 and A1< 3 ==> 0 [or "N" ]
if A1<= 0 ==> 1 ?

The formula for this would be:

=0+((A1<=0)-(A1>=3))

A 0 result can be rendered as "N" by custom formatting the formula cell as:

[=0]"N";General
3ValuedLogic wvan.xls
ABCD
13-1-1
2011
310N
420N
55-1-1
6-411
7
Sheet1


Aladin
 
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