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How to write an IF formula/statement in Excel

How to write an IF formula/statement in Excel

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Indispensable when working with numbers

How to Use the IF Function in Excel

Excel is such a powerful spreadsheet program that I doubt anyone could possibly know everything it can do. There are so many aspects to the program, it's amazing that it can all be summarized in such a simple interface. I was using Excel recently for some home work and found myself using the IF function to write a few formulas.

Being able to write a simple IF statement in Excel is essential, especially if you work with a lot of numbers all the time. It's one of those things that's not as complicated as macros, but not necessarily as intuitive as adding a column of numbers.

In this article I will give you a brief introduction on how to write an IF statement in an Excel worksheet. To start, you need to understand the basics of all IF statements: