Excel AND Function
Summary
The Excel AND function is a logical function used to require more than one condition at the same time. AND returns either TRUE or FALSE. To test if a number in A1 is greater than zero and less than 10, use =AND(A1>0,A1<10). The AND function can be used as the logical test inside the IF function to avoid extra nested IFs, and can be combined with the OR function.
Purpose
Test multiple conditions with AND
Return value
TRUE if all arguments evaluate TRUE; FALSE if not
Syntax
=AND (logical1, [logical2], ...)
Arguments
- logical1 - The first condition or logical value to evaluate.
- logical2 - [optional] The second condition or logical value to evaluate.
Usage notes
The AND function is used to apply more than one condition at the same time, up to 255 conditions. Each logical condition (logical1, logical2, etc.) must return TRUE or FALSE, or be arrays or references that contain logical values.
Examples
To test if the value in A1 is greater than 0 and less than 5, use the following formula:
=AND(A1>0,A1<5)
You can embed the AND function inside the the IF function. Using the above example, you can supply AND as the logical_test for the IF function like so:
This formula will return "Approved" only if the value in A1 is greater than 0 and less than 5.
You can combine the AND function with the OR function. The formula below returns TRUE when A1 > 100 and B1 is "complete" or "pending":
See more examples of the AND function in formulas below.
Notes
- The AND function is not case-sensitive.
- The AND function does not support wildcards.
- Text values or empty cells supplied as arguments are ignored.
- The AND function will return #VALUE if no logical values are found or created during evaluation.
AND formula examples
To build a Gantt chart, you can use Conditional Formatting with a formula based on the AND function. In the example shown, the formula applied to D5 is:
=AND(D$4>=$B5,D$4<=$C5)
How this formula works
The trick...
If you want to highlight dates that occur in the next N days with conditional formatting, you can do so with a formula that uses the TODAY function with AND. This is a great way to visually flag things like expiration...
To highlight values in one column when values in one or more other columns are blank, you can use the OR function and a basic logical expression to test for blank or empty values. In the example shown, conditional...
To highlight the 3 smallest values that meet specific criteria, you can use an array formula based on the AND and SMALL functions. In the example shown, the formula used for conditional formatting is:
=AND($B5=$E$5,$...
To return "Pass" when any 4 subjects have a passing score, and "Fail" when not, you can use a formula based on the IF and COUNTIF functions. In the example shown, the formula in I5 is:
=IF(COUNTIF(C5:H5,">=70...
To allow only whole number percentages like 5%, 10% and not 5.5%, 10.25%, etc. you can use data validation with a custom formula based on the TRUNC function. In the example shown, the data validation applied to B5:B9 is...
To check if a date is within the last n months of today's date, you can use a formula based on the AND, TODAY, and EOMONTH functions. In the example shown, we are checking for dates in the last 6 months. The formula...
To set a check register formula that calculates a running balance, you can use a formula based on simple addition and subtraction.
In the example shown, the formula in G6 is:
=G5-E6+F6
How this formula works
The...
To build a Gantt chart by week, you can use conditional formatting applied with a formula based on the AND function. In the example shown, the formula applied to D5 is:
=AND((D$5+6)>=$B6,D$5<=$C6)
When the...
To evaluate several options with a nested IF statement, one approach is to use a separate IF per line to show the result of each set of logical tests. By adding line breaks after each IF function, the formula becomes...
To test if a numeric value falls between two numbers, you can use the AND function with two logical tests. In the example shown, the formula in E5 is:
=AND(D5>MIN(B5,C5),D5<MAX(B5,C5))
How this formula works...
To highlight duplicate values in two or more columns, you can use conditional formatting with on a formula based on the COUNTIF and AND functions.
In the example shown, the formula used to highlight duplicate values is...
To run a formula only when one or more cells are not blank, you can use the IF function with an appropriate logical criteria. In the example shown, the formula in E5 is:
=IF(COUNT(C5:C7)=3,SUM(C5:C7),"")...
You can combine logical statements with the OR and AND functions inside the IF function.
If color is red or green and quantity is greater than 10
In the example shown, we simply want to "mark" or "flag" records where...
To allow a user to enter only uppercase TEXT, you can use data validation with a custom formula based on the UPPER, EXACT, and AND functions.
In the example shown, the data validation applied to C5:C7 is:
=AND(EXACT...
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