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What is a What If?

Joe Ford

What is a What If?

: a question that asks someone to imagine what might happen or what might have happened. See the full definition for what-if in the English Language Learners Dictionary.

What is the IF function?

The IF function is one of the most popular functions in Excel, and it allows you to make logical comparisons between a value and what you expect. So an IF statement can have two results. The first result is if your comparison is True, the second if your comparison is False.

How do you write an IF-THEN statement?

Hypotheses followed by a conclusion is called an If-then statement or a conditional statement. This is read – if p then q. A conditional statement is false if hypothesis is true and the conclusion is false. The example above would be false if it said “if you get good grades then you will not get into a good college”.

How do I know if a cell contains certain text?

To check if a cell contains specific text, use ISNUMBER and SEARCH in Excel. There’s no CONTAINS function in Excel. 1. To find the position of a substring in a text string, use the SEARCH function.

How do you sum if a cell contains certain text?

Using SUMIF if cells contain text and numbers

  1. Take column D and write down the specific words “Shirts” and “Pants” that are used with other words and figures in range.
  2. Take Column E for calculation of total price of all the shirts and pants in range.
  3. Use formula =SUMIF(A3:A10,”*Shirts*”,B3:B10) in E3 and Enter.

Is a date between 2 dates Excel?

Johna needs to determine if a particular date is between two other dates. The formula checks to see if the date in D1 is both greater than or equal to A1 and less than or equal to A2. Only if those two conditions are met is “Yes” returned, otherwise “No” is returned.

How do I enter a date condition in Excel?

Conditional Formatting Based on Dates in Excel

  1. Select the range of dates to be formatted.
  2. Click the Conditional Formatting drop down from the Styles group on the Home tab of the Ribbon.
  3. Select New Rule.
  4. The New Formatting Rule dialog box displays.

How do you Countif with a date range?

Steps

  1. Type =COUNTIFS(
  2. Select or type range reference that includes date values you want to apply the criteria against $C$3:$C$10.
  3. Type minimum date criteria with equal or greater than operator “>=1/1/2012”
  4. Add the date range again $C$3:$C$10.
  5. Type maximum date criteria with equal or greater than operator “>=