new to excel, trying to figuring out how to do an if statement

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I basically want to make an if else statement in excel. So the IFchecks if the cell is equal to "Gian" OR"Pier", if the condition is confirmed the formula proceeds to use this other formula

=IFERROR(LEFT(A2,FIND(" ",A2)-1),A2)

Sorry guys idk how to do it in an excel way. I can show you in for example in a Java or C way.

if(A2=="Pier" || A2=="Gian")
       =IFERROR(LEFT(A2,FIND(" ",A2)-1),A2) \\the excel formula that deletes every second/third name if the cell

if formula in excel that checks a condition and if its verified it proceeds to use another excel formula

>Solution :

You could try the following as per your Excel Versions

• Formula used in cell B2

=IF(OR(TEXTBEFORE(A2&" "," ")={"Pier","Gian"}),A2,TEXTBEFORE(A2&" "," "))

Or, in cell C2

=IF(OR(LEFT(A2&" ",FIND(" ",A2&" ")-1)={"Pier","Gian"}),A2,LEFT(A2&" ",FIND(" ",A2&" ")-1))

Just adding the use of LET() which makes it simpler,

• Formula used in cell B2

=LET(x,TEXTBEFORE(A2&" "," "),IF(OR(x={"Pier","Gian"}),A2,x))

Or, Formula used in cell C2

=LET(x,LEFT(A2&" ",FIND(" ",A2&" ")-1),IF(OR(x={"Pier","Gian"}),A2,x))

Using MAP() to Spill as one dynamic array formula but the logic remains same.

• Formula used in cell D2

=MAP(A2:A6,LAMBDA(m,
LET(x,TEXTBEFORE(m&" "," "),
IF(OR(x={"Pier","Gian"}),m,x))))