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ResolvedVersion 2003

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Nested Formula

How many times can you nest a formula in excel 2003? I heard that an IF statement could be done 7 times max, is this the case for all statements?

Many Thanks
Adam

RE: Nested Formula

Hi Adam,

A formula can only contain up to 7 levels of nested functions which may include various function types.

When Function B is used as an argument in Function A, Function B is a second-level function. For instance, the AVERAGE function and the SUM function are both second-level functions because they are arguments of the IF function. A function nested within the AVERAGE function would be a third-level function, and so on.

I hope that this helps.

Rodney

Mon 13 Sep 2010: Automatically marked as resolved.

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