IF statements in Excel are my secret sauce for transforming spreadsheets into intelligent decision-making tools. They respond to changing data, allowing me to streamline my work.

If you can decide what to have for lunch, you already understand Excel's IF logic--you just need to understand the format.

For example, if a spreadsheet lists sales figures, you can use Excel logic statements to determine whether cell values exceed a certain threshold, above which your salesperson earns a commission.

In normal circumstances, Excel places a limit on the number of nested conditional formulas that you can use. The limit is 7. However, it is possible to circumvent the limitation over the number of ...

For instance, you can combine the REGEXTEST function with an Excel IF statement and display the appropriate message based on the result. Here is an example formula: =IF (REGEXTEST (B3, ...