Multiple IF AND statements excel

Question

I need to write an "if" statement in Excel based on text in two different cells.

If E2 ='in play'   and F2 ='closed'      output 3 
If E2= 'in play'   and F2 ='suspended'   output 2
If E2 ='In Play'   and F2 ='Null'        output 1 
If E2 ='Pre-Play'  and F2 ='Null'        output -1
If E2 ='Completed' and F2 ='Closed'      output 2
If E2 ='Suspended' and F2 ='Null'        output 3
If anything else output -2

where Null is no value in the cell

I was trying to do this with the code below but I can't seem to get two or more IF AND statements working together. How can I solve this problem?

=IF(AND(E2="In Play",F2="Closed"),3, -2), IF(AND(E2="In Play",F2=" Suspended"),3,-2)

Answer 1

Consider that you have multiple "tests", e.g.,

1. If E2 = 'in play' and F2 = 'closed', output 3
2. If E2 = 'in play' and F2 = 'suspended', output 2
3. Etc.

What you really need to do is put successive tests in the False argument. You're presently trying to separate each test by a comma, and that won't work.

Your first three tests can all be joined in one expression like:

=IF(E2="In Play",IF(F2="Closed",3,IF(F2="suspended",2,IF(F2="Null",1))))

Remembering that each successive test needs to be the nested FALSE argument of the preceding test, you can do this:

=IF(E2="In Play",IF(F2="Closed",3,IF(F2="suspended",2,IF(F2="Null",1))),IF(AND(E2="Pre-Play",F2="Null"),-1,IF(AND(E2="completed",F2="closed"),2,IF(AND(E2="suspended",F2="Null"),3,-2))))