#N/A error – Occurs when the SWITCH function is unable to match and there is no else argument. For example, for a value 7 and we give the formula =SWITCH(A3,1,”Sunday”,2,”Monday”,3,”Tuesday”), the function will return the #N/A error. #NAME? error – Occurs if we edit...
Example 3 – SWITCH Function with TRUE as First Argument (Smart Trick)One limitation of the SWITCH function is that it can only perform an exact match. So, whatever value is returned by the expression (the first argument of the SWITCH function), it will try to find that exact value in ...
Moving onto a more elaborate example of the SWITCH function in Excel, we will use SWITCH to perform a different formula dependent on a value selected from a drop-down list. I showed a similar example to this with the fantasticAGGREGATE function in Excelwhich can execute 19 different Excel fu...
Download Example Syntax The syntax for the SWITCH function in Microsoft Excel is: SWITCH ( expression, value1, result1, value2, result2, ... value_n, result_n [, default] ) Parameters or Arguments expression The expression to compare to a list of values. ...
The same can be seen in the following example with the rating system where the Excel SWITCH function looks more compact. Let's see how SWITCH works in combination with other functions. Suppose, we have a number of dates and want to see at a glance if they refer to today, tomorrow, or...
SWITCH Function Example We can use SWITCH to return the State details, in column B, for the Cities in column A of this table: I’ve wrapped eachvalueandresultargument onto separate rows in the formula bar in the image above. Here is the formula again without wrapping: ...
As mentioned in the previous example, the SWITCH function was introduced only in Excel 2016. To handle similar tasks in older Excel versions, you can combine two or more IF statements by using the Concatenate operator (&) or the CONCATENATE function. ...
How to use the SWITCH function for Excel SWITCH allows you to match a series of values and output a value based on that match this replaces basic nested IF statements in Excel This tutorial covers the ...
First, the SWITCH Function in Excel Let’s say you want to return a hex value based on a color. In the example below, you can think of this as returning the color code associated with the color name. Next, Using Nested IF Functions Instead ...
=SWITCH(A1, "3", "flower", "2", "leaf", "unknown") In this example, if the value in A1 is ‘3’, it will return ‘flower’, while if it is ‘2’, it will return ‘leaf’. If the value does not match any of the conditions, the SWITCH function will return ‘unknown’. Yo...