Excel: Automatically detect if value is lower or higher












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I want to have an excel sheet for staff with the following info



Name | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Drop?


Info will be like



Mike | 100 | 80 | 90 | 100 | 90 | Yes


I want the last cell to tell me if the cell to the left, is lower than the cell to the left of that. But each week I will add a new week in. So dynamically always need the "drop" column to read the left two cells and tell me if the most recent one has dropped in value???



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    I want to have an excel sheet for staff with the following info



    Name | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Drop?


    Info will be like



    Mike | 100 | 80 | 90 | 100 | 90 | Yes


    I want the last cell to tell me if the cell to the left, is lower than the cell to the left of that. But each week I will add a new week in. So dynamically always need the "drop" column to read the left two cells and tell me if the most recent one has dropped in value???



    Is that possible?










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      I want to have an excel sheet for staff with the following info



      Name | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Drop?


      Info will be like



      Mike | 100 | 80 | 90 | 100 | 90 | Yes


      I want the last cell to tell me if the cell to the left, is lower than the cell to the left of that. But each week I will add a new week in. So dynamically always need the "drop" column to read the left two cells and tell me if the most recent one has dropped in value???



      Is that possible?










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      I want to have an excel sheet for staff with the following info



      Name | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Drop?


      Info will be like



      Mike | 100 | 80 | 90 | 100 | 90 | Yes


      I want the last cell to tell me if the cell to the left, is lower than the cell to the left of that. But each week I will add a new week in. So dynamically always need the "drop" column to read the left two cells and tell me if the most recent one has dropped in value???



      Is that possible?







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      edited Jan 4 at 11:32









      Máté Juhász

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          @Máté's solution is right. But you could also just copy the drop column to the column right of it, and change the first drop column into your new week. The drop column could have a simple formula as:



          =IF(H14<G14;"Yes";"No")





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          • Thank you very much

            – Mike
            Jan 7 at 15:21



















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          You can use OFFSET() to make reference not affected by column inserts:



          =OFFSET(F2,0,-1)<OFFSET(F2,0,-2)



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          @Máté's solution is right. But you could also just copy the drop column to the column right of it, and change the first drop column into your new week. The drop column could have a simple formula as:



          =IF(H14<G14;"Yes";"No")





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          • Thank you very much

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          @Máté's solution is right. But you could also just copy the drop column to the column right of it, and change the first drop column into your new week. The drop column could have a simple formula as:



          =IF(H14<G14;"Yes";"No")





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          • Thank you very much

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          @Máté's solution is right. But you could also just copy the drop column to the column right of it, and change the first drop column into your new week. The drop column could have a simple formula as:



          =IF(H14<G14;"Yes";"No")





          share|improve this answer













          @Máté's solution is right. But you could also just copy the drop column to the column right of it, and change the first drop column into your new week. The drop column could have a simple formula as:



          =IF(H14<G14;"Yes";"No")






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          answered Jan 4 at 13:09









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          Thank you very much

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          Thank you very much

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          You can use OFFSET() to make reference not affected by column inserts:



          =OFFSET(F2,0,-1)<OFFSET(F2,0,-2)



          enter image description here






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          • Thank you very much.

            – Mike
            Jan 7 at 15:21
















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          You can use OFFSET() to make reference not affected by column inserts:



          =OFFSET(F2,0,-1)<OFFSET(F2,0,-2)



          enter image description here






          share|improve this answer
























          • Thank you very much.

            – Mike
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          You can use OFFSET() to make reference not affected by column inserts:



          =OFFSET(F2,0,-1)<OFFSET(F2,0,-2)



          enter image description here






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          You can use OFFSET() to make reference not affected by column inserts:



          =OFFSET(F2,0,-1)<OFFSET(F2,0,-2)



          enter image description here







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