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Hi guys,
i'm under pressure to get this done in next 3 hours ao any help would be appreciated.

lets say I have 4 cells ABCD. The text in A can will either say "Pass" or "Fail" depending on the following:

IF (B,C,D = blank ) then A=“Pass”
If B not blank but C,D are Blank, then A=“Fail”
If B is not blank and C is not blank then A=“Pass”
IF( B,C,D not blank, then A=“fail”)

I've tried doing nest IFs & AND and I just can't get it to work:eeek:
 
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Is it enough to just check for the two "Pass" conditions, and assume all other "False" (if not, then that most mean that there are other situations not accounted for, and what should happen in those situations)?
If so, you can simply use:
Code: 
=IF(OR(AND(B1="",C1="",D1=""),AND(B1<>"",C1<>"")),"Pass","Fail")
 
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jubilee101 said:
Hi guys,
i'm under pressure to get this done in next 3 hours ao any help would be appreciated.

lets say I have 4 cells ABCD. The text in A can will either say "Pass" or "Fail" depending on the following:

IF (B,C,D = blank ) then A=“Pass”
If B not blank but C,D are Blank, then A=“Fail”
If B is not blank and C is not blank then A=“Pass”
IF( B,C,D not blank, then A=“fail”)

I've tried doing nest IFs & AND and I just can't get it to work:eeek:
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This VBA solution should work assuming the columns you are working with are A,B,C and D

Code: 
Sub Pass_or_Fail()


Dim Hold As Variant, X As Long, RR As Range
    
    With ActiveSheet.UsedRange
     
        Set RR = .Columns(1)
    
        For X = 2 To 4
            Set RR = Application.Union(RR, .Columns(X))
        Next X
    
    End With
    
    Hold = RR.Value2
    
    For X = 1 To UBound(Hold, 1)

                'B                        'C               'D

        If Hold(X, 2) = "" And Hold(X, 3) = "" And Hold(X, 4) = "" Then
        
            Hold(X, 1) = "Pass"'A
        
        ElseIf Hold(X, 2) <> "" And Hold(X, 3) = "" And Hold(X, 4) = "" Then
        
            Hold(X, 1) = "Pass" = "Fail"
    
        ElseIf Hold(X, 2) <> "" And Hold(X, 3) <> "" Then
        
            Hold(X, 1) = "Pass"
        
        ElseIf Hold(X, 2) <> "" And Hold(X, 3) <> "" And Hold(X, 4) <> "" Then
        
            Hold(X, 1) = "Fail"
            
        End If
    
    Next X


    RR.Columns(1).Value2 = WorksheetFunction.Index(Hold, 0, 1)'update column A


End Sub
 
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Try this...

Code: 
if Range("B1:D1").value=empty then Range("A1").value="Pass"
elseif not Range("B1").Value=empty and Range("C1:D1").value=empty then Range("A1").value = "Fail"
elseif not Range("B1,C1").value=empty then Range("A1").value = "Pass"
elseif not Range("B1:D1").value=empty then Range("A1").value = "Fail"
else
end if
 
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You can use VBA if you want to, but it isn't really necessary here.
 
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@joe4

Joe4 said:
Is it enough to just check for the two "Pass" conditions, and assume all other "False" (if not, then that most mean that there are other situations not accounted for, and what should happen in those situations)?
If so, you can simply use:
Code: 
=IF(OR(AND(B1="",C1="",D1=""),AND(B1<>"",C1<>"")),"Pass","Fail")
Click to expand...

This works for the cells when B,C,D blank. however it isn't changing A to "Fail" if b,c, d are not blank?
 
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This works for the cells when B,C,D blank. however it isn't changing A to "Fail" if b,c, d are not blank?
Click to expand...
That seems to contradict one of your original conditions:
If B is not blank and C is not blank then A=“Pass”
Click to expand...

Listed below is all possibilities. Please fill in the missing result for each one:
Code: 
[TABLE="width: 256"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD="class: xl64, width: 64"]A Blank[/TD]
[TD="class: xl64, width: 64"]B Blank[/TD]
[TD="class: xl64, width: 64"]C Blank[/TD]
[TD="class: xl64, width: 64"]Result[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]TRUE[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]TRUE[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]TRUE[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63"]Pass[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]TRUE[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]TRUE[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]FALSE[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63"][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]TRUE[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]FALSE[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]FALSE[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63"][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]TRUE[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]FALSE[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]TRUE[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63"][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]FALSE[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]FALSE[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]FALSE[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63"]Fail[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]FALSE[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]FALSE[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]TRUE[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63"][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]FALSE[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]TRUE[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]FALSE[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63"][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]FALSE[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]TRUE[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]TRUE[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63"]Fail[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]
 
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Joe,
the cells are populated in order from left to right depending on where we are in the process, so for example, we'd never have the 2nd or 3rd line occur where Cell D has an entry but b & C don't:

Code: 
[TABLE="width: 256"]
 <colgroup><col width="64" span="4" style="width:48pt"> </colgroup><tbody>[TR]
  [TD="class: xl63, width: 64"]A Blank[/TD]
  [TD="class: xl63, width: 64"]B Blank[/TD]
  [TD="class: xl63, width: 64"]C Blank[/TD]
  [TD="class: xl63, width: 64"]Result[/TD]
 [/TR]
 [TR]
  [TD="class: xl64, width: 64"]TRUE[/TD]
  [TD="class: xl64, width: 64"]TRUE[/TD]
  [TD="class: xl64, width: 64"]TRUE[/TD]
  [TD="class: xl63, width: 64"]Pass[/TD]
 [/TR]
 [TR]
  [TD="class: xl64, width: 64"]TRUE[/TD]
  [TD="class: xl64, width: 64"]TRUE[/TD]
  [TD="class: xl64, width: 64"]FALSE[/TD]
  [TD="class: xl63, width: 64"]Pass[/TD]
 [/TR]
 [TR]
  [TD="class: xl64, width: 64"]TRUE[/TD]
  [TD="class: xl64, width: 64"]FALSE[/TD]
  [TD="class: xl64, width: 64"]FALSE[/TD]
  [TD="class: xl63, width: 64"]Pass[/TD]
 [/TR]
 [TR]
  [TD="class: xl64, width: 64"]TRUE[/TD]
  [TD="class: xl64, width: 64"]FALSE[/TD]
  [TD="class: xl64, width: 64"]TRUE[/TD]
  [TD="class: xl63, width: 64"]Pass[/TD]
 [/TR]
 [TR]
  [TD="class: xl64, width: 64"]FALSE[/TD]
  [TD="class: xl64, width: 64"]FALSE[/TD]
  [TD="class: xl64, width: 64"]FALSE[/TD]
  [TD="class: xl63, width: 64"]Fail[/TD]
 [/TR]
 [TR]
  [TD="class: xl64, width: 64"]FALSE[/TD]
  [TD="class: xl64, width: 64"]FALSE[/TD]
  [TD="class: xl64, width: 64"]TRUE[/TD]
  [TD="class: xl63, width: 64"]Pass[/TD]
 [/TR]
 [TR]
  [TD="class: xl64, width: 64"]FALSE[/TD]
  [TD="class: xl64, width: 64"]TRUE[/TD]
  [TD="class: xl64, width: 64"]FALSE[/TD]
  [TD="class: xl63, width: 64"]Fail[/TD]
 [/TR]
 [TR]
  [TD="class: xl64, width: 64"]FALSE[/TD]
  [TD="class: xl64, width: 64"]TRUE[/TD]
  [TD="class: xl64, width: 64"]TRUE[/TD]
  [TD="class: xl63, width: 64"]Fail
[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]

Joe4 said:
That seems to contradict one of your original conditions:


Listed below is all possibilities. Please fill in the missing result for each one:
Code: 
[TABLE="width: 256"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD="class: xl64, width: 64"]A Blank[/TD]
[TD="class: xl64, width: 64"]B Blank[/TD]
[TD="class: xl64, width: 64"]C Blank[/TD]
[TD="class: xl64, width: 64"]Result[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]TRUE[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]TRUE[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]TRUE[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63"]Pass[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]TRUE[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]TRUE[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]FALSE[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63"][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]TRUE[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]FALSE[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]FALSE[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63"][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]TRUE[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]FALSE[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]TRUE[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63"][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]FALSE[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]FALSE[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]FALSE[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63"]Fail[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]FALSE[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]FALSE[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]TRUE[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63"][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]FALSE[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]TRUE[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]FALSE[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63"][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]FALSE[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]TRUE[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]TRUE[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63"]Fail[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]
Click to expand...
 
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I was off a column in my grid, it is not A, B, C, but rather B, C, D. But I can now see what you are after.
Since there are only two conditions that would return "Fail", let's check for those, and then have anything else return "Pass", i.e.
Code: 
=IF(OR(AND(B1<>"",C1<>"",D1<>""),AND(B1<>"",D1<>"")),"Fail","Pass")
 
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