Data into age buckets

[gambils]

I have a large list with one columns that have age, gender and race. I need to sort the gender and race into the following age groups:

17 and under
18-64
65-84
85 and older


All that comes to mind to me is to do an if statement where I look at the age column and say, for instance, if it says age 18 in cell A1 they go in the 18-64 bucket and I place that result in B1. I have not ever done an if formula with so many conditions before so want to make sure I do the formula correctly.

Thanks!

 

[Fluff]

How about
=LOOKUP(A2,{0,18,65,85},{"17 and under","18-64","65-84","85 and older"})

 

[gambils]

How about
=LOOKUP(A2,{0,18,65,85},{"17 and under","18-64","65-84","85 and older"})

I do not have the bracket character on my keyboard- perhaps some way to get to it?

 

[Fluff]

Must admit, I've never seen a keyboard that doesn't have the { or } braces. They're normally SHIFT [ and SHIFT ].

 

[Fluff]

You can use Alt 123 for { and Alt 125 for }
you will need to use the numbers on the number keypad.

 

[gambils]

You can use Alt 123 for { and Alt 125 for }
you will need to use the numbers on the number keypad.

None of my keyboards have the brackets but the work-around worked!

I also don't understand the formula but don't want to take up forum space to pursue that- for now I am just happy it works and will investigate later!

 

[Fluff]

The parts inside the {} are arrays, the function looksup the value of A2 in the first array & returns the corresponding value from the 2nd array.
If no exact match is found it uses the nearest lower value.

HTH

 

[gambils]

The parts inside the {} are arrays, the function looksup the value of A2 in the first array & returns the corresponding value from the 2nd array.
If no exact match is found it uses the nearest lower value.

HTH

Thanks! Have never used arrays before. And, BTW, the old man with bad eyes located the brackets on his keyboard! Still the alt 123 and alt 125 was fun to learn!

 

[Fluff]

Glad to help & thanks for the feedback

 

[Wally309]

what about you have text like days, months, and years?