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function or conditional

function or conditional

function or conditional

(OP)
I am trying to accomplish something that seems simple in a spreadsheet but I am having the most difficult time returning good result.

Here is my goal

Column E contains a value representing Hours
Column F contains a YES or No representing preventive maintenance or not.

I want to get column H to list the hours if F from same row is Yes.

I want to get column I to list the hours if F from same row is No.

I have tried IF, Lookup, Hlookup....
I could get the no to work ok but I cannot get the yes to work, it displays a value no matter what I try.

Here is what almost works - [in h10]- LOOKUP("no",F10,E10)
But if I change "no" to "yes" it always gives a value.

Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. And scratch where it itches.

RE: function or conditional

(OP)
Sorry my title is misleading, I was going to ask should I try conditional or is there a function that works better for what I am trying to do?

Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. And scratch where it itches.

RE: function or conditional

Easiest is to use if

H6   =if(F6="Yes",E6,0)
I6   =if(F6="No",E6,0)

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Greg Locock

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RE: function or conditional

(OP)
Figures I was over complicating it.  Thanks Greg I appreciate it.

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