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Name: jealap
Date: August 17, 2009 at 15:56:13 Pacific
OS: Windows XP Home SP3
CPU/Ram: 150 gb of Ram and a Athlon(tm) XP2400+ 2.00 Ghz processor
Product: Microsoft Microsoft office excel 2007 - license
Subcategory: General
Comment:

How do I write an IF statement that will compare two values and return the value that is the lowest?



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Name: Mike (by mmcconaghy)
Date: August 17, 2009 at 16:12:40 Pacific
Reply:

The syntax of an IF statement is:

=IF(Condition,ActionIfTrue,ActionIfFalse)

So to compare two values and return the value that is the lowest? you would place somthing like:

=IF(A1<B1,A1,B1)

In cell C1

MIKE

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Name: jealap
Date: August 17, 2009 at 16:19:45 Pacific
Reply:

Thanks so much Mike


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Response Number 3
Name: Mike (by mmcconaghy)
Date: August 17, 2009 at 18:02:00 Pacific
Reply:

Glad I could help.

MIKE

http://www.skeptic.com/


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