Comments on: If-Else Statements in OpenOffice Calc http://www.ghacks.net/2009/01/25/if-else-statements-in-openoffice-calc/ A technology news blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:09:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: livanhttp://www.ghacks.net/2009/01/25/if-else-statements-in-openoffice-calc/comment-page-1/#comment-1407425 livan Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:25:17 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=10119#comment-1407425 sorry, the spacing kinda mess, i'll try to put the illustration again: -----A----------B----------C----------D----------E----------F----- -(blank)---(blank)-----10---------10---------10--------10---- ---pppp-------1----------11--------10---------10---------10---- ---qqqq-------1----------10--------10---------11---------10---- ---rrrrrrr-------1----------10----------9---------11---------10---- ---ssss-------1----------10----------9---------10---------11---- Thanks sorry, the spacing kinda mess, i’ll try to put the illustration again:
—–A———-B———-C———-D———-E———-F—–
-(blank)—(blank)—–10———10———10——–10—-
—pppp——-1———-11——–10———10———10—-
—qqqq——-1———-10——–10———11———10—-
—rrrrrrr——-1———-10———-9———11———10—-
—ssss——-1———-10———-9———10———11—-

Thanks

]]> By: livanhttp://www.ghacks.net/2009/01/25/if-else-statements-in-openoffice-calc/comment-page-1/#comment-1407422 livan Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:17:44 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=10119#comment-1407422 Hi, I'm trying to do simple addition/substraction, but i'm kind of stuck with the formula. I have six coloumn, let's just say coloumn A, B, C, D, E, & F Coloumn A consist of texts, and coloumn B is a number. Coloumn C, D, E, & F is where i want to put the formula, is a number type also. For example, The data in coloumn A is P, Q, R, & S. How do i enter the formula in coloumn C so that when the text in coloumn A is P, the value in coloumn C is the value from the previous row add/minus the value in coloumn B, else it's the same value as previous row? For illustration: A B C D E F 10 10 10 10 p 1 11 10 10 10 q 1 10 10 11 10 r 1 10 9 11 10 s 1 10 9 10 11 Thank you so much for the help! Hi, I’m trying to do simple addition/substraction, but i’m kind of stuck with the formula.

I have six coloumn, let’s just say coloumn A, B, C, D, E, & F
Coloumn A consist of texts, and coloumn B is a number. Coloumn C, D, E, & F is where i want to put the formula, is a number type also.
For example, The data in coloumn A is P, Q, R, & S. How do i enter the formula in coloumn C so that when the text in coloumn A is P, the value in coloumn C is the value from the previous row add/minus the value in coloumn B, else it’s the same value as previous row?
For illustration:
A B C D E F
10 10 10 10
p 1 11 10 10 10
q 1 10 10 11 10
r 1 10 9 11 10
s 1 10 9 10 11

Thank you so much for the help!

]]> By: Jeffhttp://www.ghacks.net/2009/01/25/if-else-statements-in-openoffice-calc/comment-page-1/#comment-1395748 Jeff Thu, 22 Dec 2011 06:18:10 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=10119#comment-1395748 is there a way to use this if then statement to change the background color of the cell, I know you can use conditional formatting but that only works for three values, can't i do something like =if(a1=n;cellcolor=red;cellcolor=white) and use multiple if thens for different values of n. thanks is there a way to use this if then statement to change the background color of the cell, I know you can use conditional formatting but that only works for three values, can’t i do something like =if(a1=n;cellcolor=red;cellcolor=white)
and use multiple if thens for different values of n. thanks

]]> By: Jepphttp://www.ghacks.net/2009/01/25/if-else-statements-in-openoffice-calc/comment-page-1/#comment-1372344 Jepp Tue, 11 Oct 2011 17:43:24 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=10119#comment-1372344 hi... can you do this?, if i would d10 would be 00:00 the E10 will put a text "absent" hi… can you do this?, if i would d10 would be 00:00 the E10 will put a text “absent”

]]> By: Brenthttp://www.ghacks.net/2009/01/25/if-else-statements-in-openoffice-calc/comment-page-1/#comment-1344052 Brent Thu, 26 May 2011 16:41:31 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=10119#comment-1344052 Hello All, I'm very new to Calc and am trying to create a sheet that will have a column of dates, with two blank rows for weekend days. By following examples on this and other sites, I've come up with this: =IF(WEEKDAY(A9+1;2)<6;(A9+1);"") A9 has a date in it. When I use the auto feature to fill in the remaining column values, it displays the rest of the week, but includes Saturday, and then the rest of the column values are empty. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! Hello All, I’m very new to Calc and am trying to create a sheet that will have a column of dates, with two blank rows for weekend days. By following examples on this and other sites, I’ve come up with this:
=IF(WEEKDAY(A9+1;2)<6;(A9+1);"")

A9 has a date in it. When I use the auto feature to fill in the remaining column values, it displays the rest of the week, but includes Saturday, and then the rest of the column values are empty.

Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

]]> By: Userhttp://www.ghacks.net/2009/01/25/if-else-statements-in-openoffice-calc/comment-page-1/#comment-1324950 User Wed, 30 Mar 2011 14:28:02 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=10119#comment-1324950 Finally I made it!!! Finally I made it!!!

]]> By: Niels Beekes (Aniforce)http://www.ghacks.net/2009/01/25/if-else-statements-in-openoffice-calc/comment-page-1/#comment-1313345 Niels Beekes (Aniforce) Sat, 05 Mar 2011 18:27:45 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=10119#comment-1313345 I've been trying to do this for ages, but somehow it always gives me an error. if the number in E4 > 0, the number in D4 = 1 if the number in E4 > 20, the number in D4 = 2 if the number in E4 > 45, the number in D4 = 3 if the number in E4 > 75, the number in D4 = 4 if the number in E4 > 110, the number in D4 = 5 if the number in E4 > 150, the number in D4 = 6 etc. (The number keeps increasing with 20, plus 5 per step, I don't mind if this is a manual input though). Anyone know how to do this? Cheers, Niels I’ve been trying to do this for ages, but somehow it always gives me an error.

if the number in E4 > 0, the number in D4 = 1
if the number in E4 > 20, the number in D4 = 2
if the number in E4 > 45, the number in D4 = 3
if the number in E4 > 75, the number in D4 = 4
if the number in E4 > 110, the number in D4 = 5
if the number in E4 > 150, the number in D4 = 6

etc. (The number keeps increasing with 20, plus 5 per step, I don’t mind if this is a manual input though).

Anyone know how to do this?

Cheers,

Niels

]]> By: Daehttp://www.ghacks.net/2009/01/25/if-else-statements-in-openoffice-calc/comment-page-1/#comment-1208899 Dae Tue, 12 Oct 2010 00:29:52 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=10119#comment-1208899 No problem. I might suggest adding a last condition, for when fields are blank, unless that doesn't matter to you. In that case, you would have it display an error message or something when the CALC field is blank. The value for a blank cell is two double quotes in succession (""). No problem. I might suggest adding a last condition, for when fields are blank, unless that doesn’t matter to you. In that case, you would have it display an error message or something when the CALC field is blank. The value for a blank cell is two double quotes in succession (“”).

]]> By: BigCathttp://www.ghacks.net/2009/01/25/if-else-statements-in-openoffice-calc/comment-page-1/#comment-1208456 BigCat Mon, 11 Oct 2010 15:14:43 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=10119#comment-1208456 Dae - THANK YOU!! Removing the "1<" and all the lower portions of the equality statemtents for all of my conditions worked!! I really appreciate it! Dae – THANK YOU!! Removing the “1<" and all the lower portions of the equality statemtents for all of my conditions worked!! I really appreciate it!

]]> By: BigCathttp://www.ghacks.net/2009/01/25/if-else-statements-in-openoffice-calc/comment-page-1/#comment-1207687 BigCat Sun, 10 Oct 2010 15:57:53 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=10119#comment-1207687 Thanks, I will give this a try... Thanks, I will give this a try…

]]> By: Daehttp://www.ghacks.net/2009/01/25/if-else-statements-in-openoffice-calc/comment-page-1/#comment-1207567 Dae Sun, 10 Oct 2010 08:40:25 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=10119#comment-1207567 In your internal IF statement, you have 1<CALC<=10. Remove '1<', as it is redundant and messing up the syntax. I have tested this and can confirm it to work. Also, be aware that this will also return 60 if CALC is blank. Any other questions about this, feel free to send to daemonicapathy@gmail.com and we can kill this old thread. In your internal IF statement, you have 1<CALC<=10. Remove '1<', as it is redundant and messing up the syntax. I have tested this and can confirm it to work. Also, be aware that this will also return 60 if CALC is blank. Any other questions about this, feel free to send to daemonicapathy@gmail.com and we can kill this old thread.

]]> By: BigCathttp://www.ghacks.net/2009/01/25/if-else-statements-in-openoffice-calc/comment-page-1/#comment-1203950 BigCat Wed, 06 Oct 2010 14:15:39 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=10119#comment-1203950 sorry, "CALC" is the input field I am referencing. sorry, “CALC” is the input field I am referencing.

]]> By: BigCathttp://www.ghacks.net/2009/01/25/if-else-statements-in-openoffice-calc/comment-page-1/#comment-1203948 BigCat Wed, 06 Oct 2010 14:14:04 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=10119#comment-1203948 I have used your examples to create a Calc sheet to compute various values and then plug them into a spit out information I need for my work. I have run into a problem, I am need to determine what range the values I just calculated are and then spit out a single number for each range. ie: for Values less than or equal to 1.0, 60. For values greater than 1.0 but less than or equal to 10.0, 45. And, for values greater than 10, 30. Now what I have is "=IF(CALC<=1;60;IF(1<CALC<=10;45;30))" and this seems to work, except that for values greater than 10 I still spit out 45. I have tried moving the final "else" (30) to the outer most set of (), but that doesn't seem to work either. How do I fix this? I have used your examples to create a Calc sheet to compute various values and then plug them into a spit out information I need for my work. I have run into a problem, I am need to determine what range the values I just calculated are and then spit out a single number for each range. ie: for Values less than or equal to 1.0, 60. For values greater than 1.0 but less than or equal to 10.0, 45. And, for values greater than 10, 30.
Now what I have is “=IF(CALC<=1;60;IF(1<CALC<=10;45;30))" and this seems to work, except that for values greater than 10 I still spit out 45. I have tried moving the final "else" (30) to the outer most set of (), but that doesn't seem to work either.
How do I fix this?

]]> By: Daehttp://www.ghacks.net/2009/01/25/if-else-statements-in-openoffice-calc/comment-page-1/#comment-1095043 Dae Mon, 31 May 2010 04:45:04 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=10119#comment-1095043 Since the line looks broken to me, I'm reposting with shorter lines, broken at the semicolons in the IF statements. And since I forgot to mention it, this all goes into G3 in my scenario: =IF(AND(B3>=1.1;C3>=80;D3>=20;E3=0;F3=""); 1; IF(AND(0.7<=B3<=1;70<=C3<=79;12<=D3<=19;1<=E3<=3;F3="X"); 2; "Whatever you want all other results to be")) Since the line looks broken to me, I’m reposting with shorter lines, broken at the semicolons in the IF statements. And since I forgot to mention it, this all goes into G3 in my scenario:

=IF(AND(B3>=1.1;C3>=80;D3>=20;E3=0;F3=”");
1;
IF(AND(0.7<=B3<=1;70<=C3<=79;12<=D3<=19;1<=E3<=3;F3="X");
2;
"Whatever you want all other results to be"))

]]> By: Daehttp://www.ghacks.net/2009/01/25/if-else-statements-in-openoffice-calc/comment-page-1/#comment-1095041 Dae Mon, 31 May 2010 04:39:44 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=10119#comment-1095041 Cozma: Let's assume that the titles you gave are in row 1, starting with A1, and ending with G1. Additionally, let's assume you leave a space in row 2, and are working in A3:G3, just because that's the way my mind worked when I thought of this for you. Now that we have that out of the way, what you need is a nested IF statement (An IF statement within an IF statement). For you, I came up with this: =IF(AND(B3>=1.1;C3>=80;D3>=20;E3=0;F3="");1;IF(AND(0.7<=B3<=1;70<=C3<=79;12<=D3<=19;1<=E3<=3;F3="X");2;"Whatever you want all other results to be.")) As you can see, I put that 'X' in Score 5 in as text, via " " marks. If you would like to make that a specific number, don't use the quotation marks. The same goes for the "Whatever..." value. For text, use quotes; for numbers, no quotes. I have tested this out with different values, and it works fine for me. I hope this was helpful. :-) Cozma:
Let’s assume that the titles you gave are in row 1, starting with A1, and ending with G1. Additionally, let’s assume you leave a space in row 2, and are working in A3:G3, just because that’s the way my mind worked when I thought of this for you.

Now that we have that out of the way, what you need is a nested IF statement (An IF statement within an IF statement). For you, I came up with this:

=IF(AND(B3>=1.1;C3>=80;D3>=20;E3=0;F3=”");1;IF(AND(0.7<=B3<=1;70<=C3<=79;12<=D3<=19;1<=E3<=3;F3="X");2;"Whatever you want all other results to be."))

As you can see, I put that 'X' in Score 5 in as text, via " " marks. If you would like to make that a specific number, don't use the quotation marks. The same goes for the "Whatever…" value. For text, use quotes; for numbers, no quotes. I have tested this out with different values, and it works fine for me. I hope this was helpful. :-)

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]]> By: Cozmahttp://www.ghacks.net/2009/01/25/if-else-statements-in-openoffice-calc/comment-page-1/#comment-857119 Cozma Sun, 26 Jul 2009 16:03:17 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=10119#comment-857119 I read you article, and mostly understand :) I usually play in Photoshop...not spreadsheets help I have a sheet that list Employee / Score 1 / Score 2 / Score 3 / Score 4 /Score 5 / Tier What i am trying to do, is if (score 1) is 1.1 + if (score 2) is 80 + if (score 3) is 20 + if (score 4) is 0 if (score 5) is empty (no content in cell) then (Tier ) is 1 Then the 2nd Tier would be ranges if (score 1) is 0.7 to 1.0 if (score 2) is 70 to 79 if (score 3) is 12 to 19 if (score 4) is 1-3 if (score 5) is X then (Tier ) is 2 So each score would need to all meet the tiers requirements and the tier level would be auto generated. is it do able... could you please tell me how :) any help would be great Thank you, I hope I gave enough info I read you article, and mostly understand :)

I usually play in Photoshop…not spreadsheets help

I have a sheet that list

Employee / Score 1 / Score 2 / Score 3 / Score 4 /Score 5 / Tier

What i am trying to do, is

if (score 1) is 1.1 +
if (score 2) is 80 +
if (score 3) is 20 +
if (score 4) is 0
if (score 5) is empty (no content in cell)

then (Tier ) is 1

Then the 2nd Tier would be ranges

if (score 1) is 0.7 to 1.0
if (score 2) is 70 to 79
if (score 3) is 12 to 19
if (score 4) is 1-3
if (score 5) is X

then (Tier ) is 2

So each score would need to all meet the tiers requirements and the tier level would be auto generated.

is it do able… could you please tell me how :)

any help would be great

Thank you, I hope I gave enough info

]]> By: Hitchhikerhttp://www.ghacks.net/2009/01/25/if-else-statements-in-openoffice-calc/comment-page-1/#comment-839863 Hitchhiker Sun, 28 Jun 2009 06:41:23 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=10119#comment-839863 IF(A1="Electricity";B1) IF(A1=”Electricity”;B1)

]]> By: Dermothttp://www.ghacks.net/2009/01/25/if-else-statements-in-openoffice-calc/comment-page-1/#comment-724513 Dermot Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:12:00 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=10119#comment-724513 Can this be done with text cells. Im using Calc to do a budget spreadsheet & am putting in a sheet which tracks & will chart all electricity bills, for instance, through the year. Can you have an IF statement that says, for January, if A1=Electricity print the value in B1. Ive tried but couldnt get it to work. Thanks Can this be done with text cells. Im using Calc to do a budget spreadsheet & am putting in a sheet which tracks & will chart all electricity bills, for instance, through the year. Can you have an IF statement that says, for January, if A1=Electricity print the value in B1. Ive tried but couldnt get it to work.
Thanks

]]> By: RogueSpearhttp://www.ghacks.net/2009/01/25/if-else-statements-in-openoffice-calc/comment-page-1/#comment-620595 RogueSpear Tue, 27 Jan 2009 15:08:13 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=10119#comment-620595 Boy this brings back memories. My first paying job when I was 16 years old was to create all of the budget spreadsheets in Lotus 1-2-3 for a regional chain of department stores. Using advanced functions in a spreadsheet is a bit like Karate - if you don't practice and keep in good form, you'll quickly lose a lot of the knowledge. Boy this brings back memories. My first paying job when I was 16 years old was to create all of the budget spreadsheets in Lotus 1-2-3 for a regional chain of department stores. Using advanced functions in a spreadsheet is a bit like Karate – if you don’t practice and keep in good form, you’ll quickly lose a lot of the knowledge.

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