How to use IF function in Microsoft Excel
If Function is very helpful formula and used
vitally. This function is categorized as logical function. Here we
will learn how to use IF Function with examples.
What is If function?
Using if function returns with a result if condition met TRUE, or another value FALSE. We will also learn some advance uses of “If Function”.
Let’s see some basic uses:
Example 1 :
Sometimes, we have a list of students having marks of their exams and want to know result the list of passed student. In this condition this formula is very helpful.
- Type =if(select condition,”Pass”,”Fail)
Later using filter command we can list out passed or failed students.
Example 2 :
In another condition, where we are selecting students having marks above 50% and want to mark with “Selected” and lesser marks with “Not Selected”, we can do this too.
If, we go some more advance in this formula, and want to select a value if it is equal or less than a specific value, and want to replace greater value with a specific value
Example 3 :
Suppose, in the below given table we want to have a result, if amount is equal or less than 1800, should be placed, as it is, other wise it should be replaced with 1800.
These were some basic formulas, you can go more advance and can edit the formula as per your requirements.
We hope this tutorial will be a helpful tool for you.
