In normal circumstances, Excel places a limit on the number of nested conditional formulas that you can use. The limit is 7. However, it is possible to circumvent the limitation over the number of ...

Nested IF statements allow testing multiple conditions within a single formula. You can also use other Excel functions in IF statements to perform calculations.

Logic statements in Microsoft Excel allow you to test the contents of cells to see if they meet your criteria. For example, if a spreadsheet lists sales figures, you can use Excel logic statements ...

So cleverly, instead of forcing you to return a hard value such as 3, Excel lets you use this false field to test another condition using a nested IF statement.

Added by Microsoft in 2016, the IFS function replaces the need for multiple nested IF statements. You can put all your conditions (percentage grade cutoffs in this example) in one function, making it ...