If the word NOT is used in an abbreviated combined relation condition, it has the following meaning: Except for the source of the initial relation condition, no parentheses may appear in the sequence of abbreviated conditions. The insertion of an omitted subject or relational operator terminates once a complete simple condition is encountered within a complex condition. When you use such abbreviations, it is as if the last preceding stated subject was inserted in the place of the omitted subject, and the last stated relational operator was inserted in the place of the omitted relational operator.

Within a sequence of relation conditions, both of the above forms of abbreviation may be used. The format for an abbreviated combined relation condition is: condition.

omitting both the subject and the relational operator.

omitting the subject of the relation condition (the left-hand component condition).

When simple or negated simple conditions are combined in a consecutive sequence, the relation conditions may be abbreviated. Otherwise, the operand with the smaller character in the first unequal pair is considered less than the other operand. If all the characters are the same, then the operands are considered equal.

Characters are then compared in corresponding positions starting from the left end and continuing until either a pair of unequal characters is encountered or the right end of the operand is reached.

When the comparison is performed, the shorter operand (if any) is treated as though it were extended on the right with spaces to make the operands of equal size.

A non-integer numeric operand may not be compared to a non-numeric operand. This alphanumeric item is then used in the comparison. The numeric operand is treated as though it were moved to an alphanumeric data item of the same size as the numeric data item.

If one of the operands is numeric, it must be an integer data item or an integer literal.

For non-numeric operands, or one numeric and one non-numeric operand, a comparison is made with respect to the program’s collating sequence of characters.

Note: in other words, the AVERAGEIF function above calculates the average excluding zeros. The AVERAGEIF function below calculates the average of the values in the range A1:A5 that are not equal to 0. This COUNTIFS function has 2 range/criteria pairs.ħ.

The COUNTIFS function below counts the number of cells in the range A1:A5 that are not equal to 'red' and not equal to 'blue'.Įxplanation: the COUNTIFS function in Excel counts cells based on two or more criteria. The & operator joins the 'not equal to' operator and the text value in cell C1.Ħ. The COUNTIF function below produces the exact same result. Note: visit our page about the COUNTIF function for more information about this Excel function.ĥ. The COUNTIF function below counts the number of cells in the range A1:A5 that are not equal to 'red'. Note: visit our page about the IF function for more information about this Excel function.Ĥ. The IF function below calculates the progress between a start and end value if the end value is not equal to an empty string (two double quotes with nothing in between), else it displays an empty string (see row 5). The formula in cell C1 below returns FALSE because the value in cell A1 is equal to the value in cell B1.ģ.

Not equal to sign