John Erickson wrote:
> 
> I'm trying to develop a scoring sheet in Excel.  I need to know how to
> reference a cell given a value, i.e. "if the number entered has a range
> between 250 and 299, then multiply it times cell C16, if the number entered
> has a range between 300 and 349, then multiply it times cell C17", etc.
> 
> I know it is in the paste function area, but I don't use the program enough
> to know how to do it.  Any thoughts?

I use GNUmeric.  Excel might be similar.

The secret is the IF statement
  IF(condition, true, false)

So in your case with A1 being the entered value (in another cell)
  =IF(A1>249, IF(A1>299, A1*C17, A1*C16), A1)

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Andrew E. Mileski
Ottawa, Canada
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