Hi - Dave here.
Happy Friday!
The IF function is one of the most popular functions in Excel. Easy to use and flexible, IF can be used to solve all kinds of problems.
Yet many Excel users don't know you can use
other functions and formulas directly
inside of IF. You can use formulas for the logical test, for the TRUE result, or for the FALSE result, in any combination.
In addition, you can use the NOT function to
reverse the behavior of IF. You can see an example of this in the worksheet below, where the IF function is used to mark records where the color is NOT Red or Green:
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Have a nice weekend!
Dave