2 Awesome Tips on How to Use the SWITCH Function in Excel

The SWITCH function can make your life very easy in Excel. Learn how to leverage its powers and prevent clutter!
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[@BIGorilla]

Do you have any other ways in which you use the SWITCH function? Fun to share? Let me know in the comments!

[@dunnobe]

SWITCH(TRUE;)) is fantastic. I found out about this in DAX-formulas and was very happy to see that this was added to Excel as well. I'm quite surprised that there is not much info to be found on google/youtube about this powerful formula.

[@Rice8520]

If you have simple progression, like in this case, you may use CHOOSE function, but when you have specific values, you can use SWITCH. Thanks for updating. :)

[@7213261]

Thanks Rick!

[@ExcelOffTheGrid]

Great video Rick. My favorite feature of SWITCH is that it returns the cell references when the value returned is a range. Therefore, we can use SWITCH inside a named range to create dynamic ranges, which are great for flexible formulas or charts.

[@BIGorilla]

Thanks for sharing Mark. So SWITCH can return cell references, I didn't know that! Could that mean that if the named range is used in column f it returns a different range than used in column g? If you test a criteria using the COLUMN() function for example

[@ulludacharkha]

Thanks for Sharing the tip Mark. Can you site an example please !

[@metcaelfe]

Thanks for this explanation! What are your thoughts of SWITCH vs IFS?

[@BIGorilla]

I love both! Personally I started using SWITCH before I used IFS. I wote a blog articl about it here: gorilla.bi/excel/switch-function/. Then IFS came and I sticked with SWITCH. Not because there's anything wrong with IFS, but out of habit. Rick

[@pascalmenezes]

How would I use the Switch function with an AND or an OR. E.g. If(A = ("Xxx" or "Yyy"),"good","bad")

[@rvgiri]

Good function to use, but this seems hidden, i never noticed excel this function.

[@BIGorilla]

Great you found it, enjoy excel!

[@Foreman1329]

Why switch doesn't work if I use a cell reference as a value input?(the second parameter of the function). It only works if I hardcode the value and type it in the formula. This can't be how it's intended to work...

[@BIGorilla]

Hi Foreman. Can you share an example formula? Switch is supposed to support using cell references. Best Rick