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Functions: Aniko Balogh CEU Computer & Statistics Center

The document provides an overview and examples of the IF, TRUE, FALSE, VLOOKUP, and Goal Seek functions in Excel. It explains that IF statements allow you to return one value if a condition is true and another if it is false. TRUE and FALSE are automatically calculated based on cell comparisons. Examples are given to demonstrate using IF to classify student exam scores as pass/fail. VLOOKUP looks up values in a table and Goal Seek allows changing a cell value to achieve a desired formula result. Practice exercises are included for each function.

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Functions: Aniko Balogh CEU Computer & Statistics Center

The document provides an overview and examples of the IF, TRUE, FALSE, VLOOKUP, and Goal Seek functions in Excel. It explains that IF statements allow you to return one value if a condition is true and another if it is false. TRUE and FALSE are automatically calculated based on cell comparisons. Examples are given to demonstrate using IF to classify student exam scores as pass/fail. VLOOKUP looks up values in a table and Goal Seek allows changing a cell value to achieve a desired formula result. Practice exercises are included for each function.

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Functions

Aniko Balogh
CEU Computer & Statistics Center
[email protected]
TRUE, FALSE, IF function
• The IF function allows you to make logical comparisons between a
value and what you expect.
• IF(Something is True, then do something, otherwise do something
else)
• So an IF statement can have two results. The first result is if your
comparison is True, the second if your comparison is False.
• TRUE and FLASE is automatically calculated by Excel:
• =A1=B1 - if the cells contain the same value  TRUE, - if the cells
contain different value  FALSE
Practice TRUE, FALSE
• Open Practice 4
• Look at the percentage change table
• If the value in the % Change column is bigger than 0, then the
salesperson gets a bonus
• Type the following formula: =L2>0, push Enter, TRUE or False will
appear
• Copy the formula down the column
Practice IF
• Look at the students scores table
• Pass/Fail
• If the Actual score is bigger than 60, then the student passed
• Click into E2
• Choose the IF function from the function wizard
• Logical test: B2>60
• Value if true = Pass, Value if false = Fail
• Copy the formula down the column
Goal Seek
• You know the result of a calculation, but you don’t know either of the
values
• Simple example:
• you know, that 7 times something is 56, type the calculation with cell
references: =B8*C8, the result will be 7*0=0
• You want to change the result to 56
• Select the cell that contains the formula. In this case, that's D8.
• Click the Data tab, What-If Analysis and choose Goal Seek 
• Set cell: D8, To value: type 56, By changing cell: C8, Enter
• The result will change to 56
Goal Seek
• More complicated example:
• you would like to re-calculate the loan payment example by changing the
length of payments
• You want to change the monthly payment to 70 000 HUF
• First repeat the PMT exercise to get the result
• Select the cell that contains the formula. In this case, that's D4.
• Click the Data tab. In the Data Tools group, click What-If Analysis and choose
Goal Seek 
• Set cell: D4, To value: type -70000 (it must be a negative number, as it is a
payment), By changing cell: B4 (Number of Payments), Enter
• The result will change to 70 000 HUF
VLOOKUP
• VLOOKUP is an Excel function to lookup and retrieve data from a
specific column in table.
• VLOOKUP supports approximate and exact matching, and wildcards (*
?) for partial matches.
• The "V" stands for "vertical".
• Lookup values must appear in the first column of the table, with
lookup columns to the right.
VLOOKUP
• Open Practice 4.xlsx
• Search for the grade of students based on their scores:
• value - The value to look for in the first column of a table. = score
• table - The table from which to retrieve a value. = table of grades PUSH F4 to
fix the range
• col_index - The column in the table from which to retrieve a value. = 2
• range_lookup - [optional] TRUE = approximate match (default). FALSE = exact
match.
VLOOKUP
• Who lost her/his ID card?
• Lookup the badge number, ID-4537, in the first column and return the
matching value in the same row of the fourth column (family name)
• Click into I16
• value - The value to look for in the first column of a table. = I20
• table - The table from which to retrieve a value. = I16:L21 (PUSH F4 to fix the
range)
• col_index - The column in the table from which to retrieve a value. = 4
• range_lookup - [optional] TRUE = approximate match (default). FALSE = exact
match.
• What’s her/his phone number? – col_index to 2
Resources
• https://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-to-use-excels-goal-seek-a
nalysis-tool/
• https://www.myexcelonline.com/blog/use-excel-goal-seek-to-find-the
-formula-result-you-want/
• https://www.excelcampus.com/functions/how-to-write-if-function/
• https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSxX7Vgyu9iThxPE1jSDFdw
• https://
support.office.com/en-us/article/vlookup-function-0bbc8083-26fe-49
63-8ab8-93a18ad188a1
• https://exceljet.net/excel-functions/excel-vlookup-function

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