It is used to determine if any of the conditions in its arguments is TRUE. If even one of its arguments is TRUE the function will return TRUE. It is part of the logical functions of Excel.
The syntax of the function is the following:
OR(logical1, [logical2], …)
logical1, [logical2], … : You can have up to 255 conditions. Non logical values are ignored.
If there are no logical values in its arguments then the functions returns a #VALUE! error.
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Here is an example of how to use the OR function:
Insert the appropriate function in the cell Ε3 that returns the value TRUE if the content of
cell A3 is greater than 10 and the content of
cell B3 is greater than 10 and the content of
cell C3 is greater than 10 and the content of
cell D3 is TRUE.
Otherwise the function should return the value FALSE.
Reproduce that function up to the cell Ε50. Finally, insert a function in the cell Ε1 that returns the value TRUE if the value TRUE is displayed at least once in the cell range E3:E50. (use only the AND and OR functions)