How to set multiple conditions for an excel sheet single cell?

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How to set multiple conditions for an excel sheet single cell?. I am able to set single conditions of both. I want to check the length of data in excel cell and also space/special validation
Want to show pop up error in excel cell itself on entering the data in the same. I tried as

=if(LEN(Q3)>0,LEN(Q3)=14,SUBSTITUTE(Q3," ","")). When set singly it works. Not working when multiple.

Posted 19-Mar-14 17:48pm

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Member 10488324 20-Mar-14 0:16am

=AND(LEN(Q3)=14,SUBSTITUTE(Q3," ","")) also I tried but not working.

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CHill60 · Answer 1 · 2014-03-23T05:47:00

SUBSTITUTE(Q3, " ", "")

is not validating the cell, it is changing it.
One way around this (if you must achieve this using Excel datasheet functionality) is to have a "dummy" column hidden away somewhere that does the transformation, then point your validation formula to that cell.

For example Formula for Cell["AL3"] is =SUBSTITUTE(Q3, " ", "") and your validation changes to =if(LEN(AL3)<15,"True_Thing", "False_Thing")

You could have many hidden columns, each performing a specific validation, then your final validation would be (for example)

=AND(AM3, AN3, AO3)

Or do it in VBA where you can apply as many validations as you choose ...e.g. see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/409434/automatically-execute-an-excel-macro-on-a-cell-change[^]

Maciej Los · Answer 2 · 2014-03-23T06:21:00

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I would suggest to read about: AND[^] and OR[^] functions.

Depending on your needs, your folrmula should looks like:

SQL

=IF(AND(A1<>3,B1=5,C1>9),True, False)

Posted 23-Mar-14 6:21am

Maciej Los