Nested IF formula

[CLH2018]

Hi,

I have a number of nested IF formulas that aren't working and I feel like I've tried every variation but still can't craack it! Any help would be gratefully received!

SO in the cell next to the formula, I have 3 options and depending on what is selected, I then want it to generate a number.

So if 'Low' is chosen, the score is 1, if medium is chosen, the score is 2 and if high then the score is 3.

At the moment, my formula is this:

=IF(S4>="LOW","1",IF(S4>="Medium","2",IF(S4>="High","3")))

It generates correctly for Low and High but not medium! I'm not sure where I'm going wrong.

Thanks so much

 

[CLH2018]

You've solved it, it's the spaces! Thank you! I've just wasted 2 hours trying all kinds of different ways!

 

[Joe4]

You are welcome.

If they are regular spaces, you can change the S4 references to TRIM(S4) in your formula to drop the extra spaces.
If the data is coming from the web or some other source, they could be special spaces, which TRIM won't work on.
If the spaces are on the end, you could just check the first three characters of S4, i.e. LEFT(S4,3)="Med"

 

[CLH2018]

Thank you, feel very stupid!

 

[jtakw]

Hi,

You can also simply use MATCH.

3 variation of the same formula:

Use T4 formula if you Always have one of the 3 values (Low, Medium, High)
Use T5 formula if you've Not removed the "Spaces" in subject cell
Use T6 formula if the subject cell may be Blank or contain a value Other than Low, Medium, High

Book1
	S	T
4	Low	1
5	Medium	2
6	Hot
Sheet249

Cell Formulas
Range	Formula
T4	=MATCH(S4,{"Low","Medium","High"},0)
T5	=MATCH(TRIM(S5),{"Low","Medium","High"},0)
T6	=IFERROR(MATCH(S6,{"Low","Medium","High"},0),"")