Help with IF Statement

edam4i

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How do I get to check two cells if they match and then return a value?

I'm using an Id Statement but it's working for 2 out of 3 scenarios.

=IF(A1=B1,1,0)

A1 B1 C1
HAM HAM 0
BEEF BEEF 1
TURKEY TURKEY 1

The If Statement works on BEEF=BEEF and TURKEY=TURKEY but not HAM=HAM?

Please help!
Colin
 
Not that this will solve your problem, but if you are actually entering only 1, 2, or 3 you could use:

=CHOOSE(A1+1,"","Ham","Turkey","Beef")


and the IF statement can deal with numbers or letters, so I'm still not getting a sense of your problem

What do you mean by this:

When I input words instead of numbers and match everything works fine but I need to use a mixture so maybe the IF Statement isn't suitable?
any suggestions?

Can you explain?

Make sure if you are entering a number in a formula do not put it in quotes i.e. "1" unless you want it to be text
 
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