Let's say I have 6 different cells (that are not all in a line). I want to check if the values in these cells are equal. How could I do this with a function? I'd want the function simply to display "EQUAL" or "NOT EQUAL" (or maybe change the cell background color?).
One option for 6 cells would be this:
=IF(AND(A1=B2,B2=C3,C3=D4,D4=E5,E5=F6),"EQUAL","NOT EQUAL")
Another option - this way you don't need to reference the same cell twice:
=IF(AND(ARRAYFORMULA(A1={B2,C3,D4,E5,F6})),"EQUAL","NOT EQUAL")
If you wanted to color some cells if values in these cells are equal, you would need to create a Conditional Formatting rule with a similar formula:
Select the cells you want to color
Format > Conditional Formatting
Select "Custom formula is"
Fill in one of the above formulas without the IF part of formula, e.g.
=AND(ARRAYFORMULA(A1={B2,C3,D4,E5,F6}))
Select the formatting style (color)
Done
as formula for conditional formatting:
=countunique({A1,B2,C3,D4,E5,F6})=1
as function it would be similar: =if([formula],"EQUAL","NOT EQUAL"):
update: the requested clarification:
put the wanted cells in a custom array {A1,B2,C3,D4,E5,F6}
(delimiters: , = new column, ; = new row; for countunique either is fine)
get the unique values countunique(...)
if the outcome is 1 then all values are the same
update 2: original answer used =count(unique(...)) instead of the combined function =countunique(...)
Here's an option without using an array that is easier to implement for large numbers of cells:
=IF(MIN(A1,B2,C3,D4,E5,F6)=MAX(A1,B2,C3,D4,E5,F6),"Equal", "Not Equal")
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I want the cell to be highlighted based on the value is less than or greater than the value in the benchmark column. I am not able to do that using conditional formatting custom formula. I have manually applied formatting for 02/01/2023 . I want the formatting to apply to the column with date = today() only.
Thanks :)
I can write a custom formula for each row of each date column. But is there any way a single custom formula that could format across rows and columns?
I'm guessing your fist value of 02/01/2023 and Activity1 is C2. Then for the whole range C2:Z (or whichever you have):
=C2>=$B2
Do this for one color for the whole range and it will drag automatically, you don't need to write it as an arrayformula. The "$" will always refer to the value in column B from the row it's positioned
if you are selecting whole range (C2:Z), try this for green and red respectively:
=(C2>=$B2)*(C2<>"")
=(C2<$B2)*(C2<>"")
I'm trying to compare the values between two cells in different columns to locate errors quickly. I want the color in one cell to change if the value is not the same as the adjacent cell.
use a custom formula in conditional formatting like =A1=B1 let's say on range A1:B
or some more complexity:
=($B1=$C1)*($C1<>"")*($B1<>"")
I have a sheet where I would like to turn a row a color based on the value of two cells. I already have conditional formatting based on one cell of the cells I want to use for the two cell formatting.
I am using =AND($J:$J="Cancel",$L:$L="Yes") for the two cell formatting but it doesnt seem to work. Not sure if the first one =$J:$J="Cancel" is negating the formatting of the other or if if my formula is just bad.
Any advice would be appreciated.
if the trick is that you want the whole row to be colored that way, then all you need to modify is the "range" to apply it too, so you enter something like the start column and then just give it a row number as the second half of the range, without the column argument: A1:10001
That exact formula you listed =AND($J:$J="Cancel",$L:$L="Yes") worked for me when using the "custom formula" option:
I'm trying to apply conditional formatting to a range of cells.
If cell 'C5' as per picture is not empty then apply colour yellow to cells C6:C12.
What I have tried changes the colour of only one cell i.e. just C6.
Please try selecting C6:C12, Format, Conditional formatting..., Format cells if..., Custom formula is:
=C$5<>""
and chose yellow, Done.
To achive that, you should select the Cells you want the conditional formatting to apply to, and then set the Formatting to "Custom formular", which should be
=$C$5<>""
The $ means, that neither the Column nor Row should advance with the target area.
So
=$G1<>""
would mean, that if your Target Area was A1:F4 (the first four cells of the first six columns), that the formatting would depend on G1 for A1:F1, on G2 for A2:F2 and so on (the Row is advancing in this example, while the column is still fixed as being G.)
You need both $ - i.e. =$C$5<>""
Just tested and works here.
I'm trying to have a cell on Sheet A check if it's either > or < the value in a cell on Sheet B, then change its color accordingly. Under the custom formula I use: =A1>("SheetB!A1"), but it doesn't seem to work. I use the color Green for the > and the color Red for the <. Every time the rules are saved it will always display A1 on Sheet A in red.
Is the function wrong? Or is it not possible to have a Conditional Format even search across sheets?
For some reason (I confess I don't really know why) a custom formula in conditional formatting does not directly support cross-sheet references.
But cross-sheet references are supported INDIRECT-ly:
=A1>INDIRECT("SheetB!A1")
or if you want to compare A1:B10 on SheetA with A1:B10 on SheetB, then use:
=A1>INDIRECT("SheetB!A1:B10")
=A1>INDIRECT("SheetB!"&CELL("address",A1))
applied to range A1:B10.
You can do this by referencing the cell and row number in the current sheet, so as you drag-copy that conditional formatting to other rows it will reference the correct cells.
In the below equation I am coloring cells based on the exact same cell in some other sheet named "otherSheetName" in this example. If for example you want to color cell B2 in Sheet2 if the cell B2 in otherSheetName contains the text "I Like Dogs" you would go to cell Sheet2!B2 , click condition formatting, choose equation from the drop down and paste the below equation.
=IF(INDIRECT("otherSheetName!"&ADDRESS(ROW();COLUMN()))="I Like Dogs";1;0)
Comparing strings instead of numbers for a conditional formatting rule, you can use:
=EXACT(A1,(INDIRECT("Sheet2!A1")))
Case sensitive.
There is one trick/bug: if you have conditional formatting in Sheet1 that explicitly references itself (e.g., the formula is Sheet1!$C$2), you can copy the conditional formatting to Sheet2 with Paste special > conditional formatting and it will "work"... as long as you don't touch anything:
if you try to edit the conditional formatting in Sheet2, then you'll get an "Invalid formula" error.
if columns/rows change in Sheet1 such that they affect the conditional formatting (e.g., row/column inserts), this is not reflected in Sheet2 (keep in mind that the indirect trick mentioned by #AdamL will also not reflect column/row updates either, so it's a wash in this respect).
I was able to compare two sheet and highlight the differences on the second sheet using conditional formatting :
=A1<>(INDIRECT("Sheet1!"&Address(Row(),Column(),)))