Microsoft KB Archive/43399

Mac Works: Cannot Use Text for Comparison in IF Statement

PSS ID Number: Q43399 Article last modified on 10-22-1998

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In the Microsoft Works Spreadsheet module, the comparison value in an IF statement cannot be a text string.

For example, if you type “yes” in cell B1, and type the formula =IF(B1=“yes”,1,0) in cell B2, Works will generate an error message stating that the formula is flawed.

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