Many people usually asked that how to write an excel nested if statements based on multiple ranges of cells to return different values in a cell? How to nested if statement using date ranges? How to use nested if statement between different values in excel 2013 or 2016 or 2019/365?

This post will guide you how to understand excel nested if statements through some classic examples.

1. Nested IF statements based on multiple ranges

Assuming that you want to reflect the below request through nested if statements:

a) If 1<B1<0, Then return 0.1
b) If 0.99<B1<5, then return 0.15
c) If 4.99<B1<15, then return 0.2
d) If 14.99<B1<30, then return 0.5

So if B1 cell was “14.5”, then the formula should be returned “0.2” in the cell.

From above logic request, we can get that it need 4 if statements in the excel formula, and there are multiple ranges so that we can combine with logical function AND in the nested if statements.  The below is the nested if statements that I have tested.

=IF(AND(B1>0,B1<1),0.1,IF(AND(B1>0.99, B1<5),0.15, IF(AND(B1>4.99,B1<15),0.2, IF(AND(B1>14.99,B1<30),0.5,””))))

If you don’t want to use AND function in the above nested if statement, can try the below formula:

=IF(B1<1,0.1, If(B1<5,0.15,IF(B1<15,0.2,IF(B1<30,0.5,””))))

2. Nested IF Statement Using Date Ranges

I want to write a nested IF statement to calculated the right Quarter based one the criteria in the below table.

According to the request, we need to compare date ranges, such as: if B1<E2<C1, then return A1.

So we can consider to use AND logical function in the nested if statement. The formula is as follows:

=IF(AND(E2>B1,E2<C1),A1,IF(AND(E2>B2,E2<C2),A2,IF(AND(E2>B3,E2<C3),A3,IF(AND(E2>B4,E2<C3),A4))))

Or we can use INDEX function and combine with MATCH Function to get the right quarter.

=INDEX($A$1:$A$4,MATCH(E2,$B$1:$B$4,1))

3. Nested IF Statements For A Range Of Cells

If you have the following requirement and need to write a nested IF statement in excel:

• If any of the cells A1 to C1 contain “excelhow”, then return “excelhow” in the cell E1.

• If any of the cells A1 to C1 contain “google”, then return “excelhow” in the cell E1.

• If any of the cells A1 to C1 contain “ibm”, then return “ibm” in the cell E1.

• If any of the cells A1 to C1 contain “Cloud”, then return “ibm” in the cell E1.

How to check if cell ranges A1:C1 contain another string, using “COUNTIF” function is a good choice.

Countif function: Counts the number of cells within a range that meet the given criteria

Let’s try to test the below nested if statement:

=IF(OR(COUNTIF(A3:C3,"excelhow")>0,COUNTIF(A3:C3,"google")>0),"excelhow",IF(OR(COUNTIF(A3:C3,"ibm")>0,COUNTIF(A3:D3,"cloud")>0),"ibm",""))

4. Nested IF Statement between different values

Assuming you have the following different range values, if the B1 has the value 65, then expected to return “under average”in cell C1, if the Cell B1 has the value 75, then return “average” in cell C1. And if the Cell B1 has the value 85, then return “above average” in the cell C1.

0-70	under average
71-80	average
81-100	above average

How do I format the nested if statement in Cell C1 to display the right value? Just try to use the below nested if function or using INDEX function.

=IF(B1< 0,"",IF(B1<= 70, "under average",IF(B1<=80, "Average", IF(B1<=100,"Above Average",""))))

5. Video: Excel nested if statements with ranges

In this Excel video tutorial, we’ll delve into four powerful methods to harness the full potential of Nested IF statements. Whether you’re dealing with multiple ranges, date ranges, a range of cells, or varying values, we’ve got you covered.

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