IF statements in Excel are my secret sauce for transforming spreadsheets into intelligent decision-making tools. They respond to changing data, allowing me to streamline my work.

We’ll start with three easy IF statements, then move on to nested IF statements and multi-function IF statements. At the end we’ll get fancy with COUNTIF, SUMIF, AVERAGEIF, and IF with wildcards.

In normal circumstances, Excel places a limit on the number of nested conditional formulas that you can use. The limit is 7. However, it is possible to circumvent the limitation over the number of ...

If you can decide what to have for lunch, you already understand Excel's IF logic--you just need to understand the format.

How to Write an If/Otherwise Statement in Excel. Each IF function in an Excel spreadsheet returns one of two messages. The first -- the "if" message -- displays if cells meet criteria that you ...

Added by Microsoft in 2016, the IFS function replaces the need for multiple nested IF statements. You can put all your conditions (percentage grade cutoffs in this example) in one function, making it ...

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