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The Corporate Finance Institute Excel

Example 2 – Excel IF Statement

Suppose we wish to test a cell and ensure that an action is taken if the cell is

not blank. We are given the data below:

In the worksheet above, we listed AGM-related tasks in Column A. Remarks

contain the date of completion. In Column B, we will use a formula to check if

cells in Column C are empty or not. If a cell is blank, the formula will assign a

status “open.” However, if a cell contains a date then the formula will assign a

status as “closed.” The formula used is:

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