The SWITCH function in Excel evaluates a condition and then provides a result based on that condition. This function is similar to a SQL CASE statement and allows for up to 126 potential results.
The syntax of the SWITCH function is:
=SWITCH(expression, value1, result1, value2, result2, …, no match value)
- The Expression is the value to be analyzed. This can be any formula, including another Excel formula.
- The resulting value can be a text string or a decimal.
- Result1 is the value to be referenced/matched. This is the result of the expression.
- Value1 is the replacement (switch) value.
- The “no match value” is the result if no matches are found.
Here is an example of the formula:
This example returns the month short name for January and February but will return ‘Qtr1-End’ for March. If no match is found, the text value “No Match” will be returned.
This approach will allow you to merge IF statements and LOOKUP statements into a single command.
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