Quick formula question

[markster]

Hello

I have a 40k line spreadsheet of data.

I need help with a formula to put in AF3 to AF40,000 so for the first line it will look at columns AC3,AD3,AE3,AF3 and if the term "Out of Scope" is present in one or more of the cells, it returns "Out of Scope" and if not "In Scope".

Thanks
Mark

 

[JazzSP8]

Does;

=IF(COUNTIF(AC3:AF3,"Out of Scope")>0,"Out of Scope","In Scope")

Work for you?

 

[markster]

Does;

=IF(COUNTIF(AC3:AF3,"Out of Scope")>0,"Out of Scope","In Scope")

Work for you?

Works perfectly - thank you very much.

 

[markster]

Works perfectly - thank you very much.

Actually mate I just found some errors when spot checking the data.

Example

Cell AC23 says In Scope
Cell AC24 says In Scope
Cell AC25 says In Scope
Cell AC26 says Out of Scope

Cell AC27 returns In Scope when it should be Out of Scope because AC26 is Out of Scope

There's quite a few more of these on closer inspection.

Any ideas?

Thanks
Mark

 

[JazzSP8]

The first thing that springs to mind is you asked for a Formula that dealt with data in Columns and not Rows which is the problem you seem to be experiencing?

Other than that, no

Can you post a proper sample of your data?

 

[markster]

Can I post a screen print or insert and image on this board? Can't see how to do it.

Cheers
Mark

 

[steve the fish]

If the cell doesnt exactly equal "out of scope" it wont work. This may:

=IF(COUNTIF(AC23:AC26,"*Out of Scope*"),"Out of Scope","In Scope")

 

[markster]

Works great thank you - thank you both for your help.

Cheers
Mark

 

[JazzSP8]

Glad you've got it sorted

You can post images hosted on an external server, there is a little picture icon above the text editor on posts for you to do that.

There are also several other tools to help get your data seen, you can find them in Section B on this link; https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/board-announcements/127080-guidelines-forum-use.html