Testing whether conditions are true or false and making logical comparisons between expressions are common to many tasks. You can use the AND , OR , NOT , and IF functions to create conditional formulas.

In Excel, the IF function allows you to make a logical comparison between a value and what you expect by testing for a condition and returning a result if that condition is True or False. =IF(Something is True, then do something, otherwise do something else)

How to use conditional formatting in Excel to visually explore, analyze, and identify patterns and trends.

Use AND and OR together or with the IF function. For example, calculate who earns a commission or find data that meets multiple conditions.

When you need to perform simple arithmetic calculations on several ranges of cells, sum the results, and use criteria to determine which cells to include in the calculations, consider using the SUMPRODUCT function.. SUMPRODUCT takes arrays and arithmetic operators as arguments.

Use the IF function, one of the logical functions, to return one value if a condition is true and another value if it's false. IF(logical_test, value_if_true, [value_if_false]) For example: =IF(A2>B2,"Over Budget","OK") =IF(A2=B2,B4-A4,"")

The IFS function checks whether one or more conditions are met, and returns a value that corresponds to the first TRUE condition. IFS can take the place of multiple nested IF statements, and is much easier to read with multiple conditions.

Conditional formatting makes it easy to highlight certain values or make particular cells easy to identify. This changes the appearance of a cell range based on a condition (or criteria). You can use conditional formatting to highlight cells that contain values which meet a certain condition.

Find and select cells that meet specific conditions in Excel Applies To Excel for Microsoft 365 Excel 2024 Excel 2021 Excel 2019 Excel 2016 Use the Go To command to quickly find and select all cells that contain specific types of data, such as formulas.

How to use the MATCH function in Excel to search for a specified item in a range of cells, returning the relative position of that item in the range.