Re: Formula help - Sum results Pass or Fail

Ron Coderre

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Mar 4, 2008, 3:02:39 PM3/4/08

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Try this:

=IF(SUM(J8:R8)<=8,"Fail","Pass")

Is that something you can work with?
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Ron
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"Nadine" <Nad...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Need help with a formula.
>
> Want to sum the total of a range of cells, then if it is less then a
> specific number the value should be "Fail", if greater then that number
> then
> value should be "Pass"
>
> I've used the And function True or False results. But they want the value
> in the cells to say either Pass or Fail.
>
> current formula: =AND(SUM(J8:R8)>0,SUM(J8:R8)<8)
>
> Thanks

Nadine

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Mar 4, 2008, 3:48:06 PM3/4/08

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Tried that originally, but at the bottom of the column want a count for all
that say Fail
Problem is when copy the formula down the column it sets all to Fail because
there isn't any data entered yet, so the count value is wrong. As data will
be entered daily, but there will be blank rows until the entire month is
filled in. But need the count to reflect current count for any day that
they look at it. So if the entire column says Fail, the count will be wrong.

Not too sure how to work around that unless I put in default values in all
the rows and columns, not wanting to do that as it will throw off the count
for all the other columns. And not giving true totals.
Is there a way to leave the pass/fail value blank until it has numbers in
the cells to sum?

Ron Coderre

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Mar 4, 2008, 3:52:43 PM3/4/08

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Perhaps this?
=IF(COUNT(J8:R8),IF(SUM(J8:R8)<=8,"Fail","Pass"),"no data")

Does that help?
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Ron
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Nadine

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Mar 4, 2008, 4:08:02 PM3/4/08

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YES :-) that did the trick perfectly. Thank you thank you.. Been at this
for awhile now. I'll be adding this to my list of formula tips.

Ron Coderre

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Mar 4, 2008, 4:25:30 PM3/4/08

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I'm so glad I could help, Nadine.

Regards,

Ron
Microsoft MVP (Excel)
(XL2003, Win XP)

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Gord Dibben

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Mar 4, 2008, 5:11:55 PM3/4/08

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For a blank look.

=IF(COUNT(J8:R8),IF(SUM(J8:R8)<=8,"Fail","Pass"),"")

Assumes the "Fail", "Pass" formulas are in column A

To count the occurences of Pass or Fail

=COUNTIF(A:A,"Fail")

=COUNTIF(A:A,"Pass")

Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

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Vitaliy Kozachuk

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Jan 14, 2013, 11:07:23 AM1/14/13

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What whould be a proper way to make a formula sum a total of pass/ fail results.
Let say i have Total Pass: on C2
and line of pass/fail on b14:b573
Thank you

maepa...@gmail.com

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Aug 6, 2013, 5:20:22 AM8/6/13

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this one works for school based users

Subject order: Home Lang, Sec Add Lang, Life Orient, Math/Mlit, PHS/ACC/HIST, Bust/Life Sc, Geog/ Econ. use excel.
=IF(AND(D2>39,E2>29,F2>39,OR(G2>29,OR(OR(J2>29,L2>29,K2>29),OR(I2>29,M2>29),OR(N2>29,H2>29)))),"PASS","FAIL")...

test with various marks according to the pass requirements. Hope this will be helpful