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Q&A How to add to the value of one cell an amount that depends upon the range of a different cell?

One way is to create a lookup table (sorted ascending) and take advantage of VLOOKUP's is_sorted parameter to opt for "the nearest match (less than or equal to the search key)". Say a table like so...

posted 3y ago by pnuts‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by Alexei‭

Answer
#7: Post undeleted by user avatar Alexei‭ · 2021-05-26T18:08:45Z (almost 3 years ago)
#6: Post deleted by user avatar pnuts‭ · 2020-12-07T15:32:32Z (over 3 years ago)
#5: Post edited by user avatar pnuts‭ · 2020-10-04T01:22:21Z (over 3 years ago)
  • One way is to create a lookup table (sorted ascending) and take advantage of [VLOOKUP](https://support.google.com/docs/answer/3093318)'s `is_sorted` parameter to opt for "*the nearest match (less than or equal to the search key)*".
  • Say a table like so:
  • <pre>0 0
  • 5 1
  • 10 2
  • 15 3
  • 20 4
  • 25 5</pre>
  • with the Named Range `Table`. Then a formula such as:
  • =vlookup(F6,Table,2)+H7
  • to determine the supplement and add it to `H7`.
  • This approach could be versatile where changes to the ranges are required and more manageable than adapting a nested IF formula. The table is reasonably intuitive as quite similar to the requirement as expressed in the source question. It would be more so if the columns were switched over, but VOOKUP is simpler than an INDEX/MATCH pair and requires the `search_key` to be on the left of the `range`.
  • However, where the steps are uniform (of `5` each here) a separate table is not required:
  • =H7+choose(1+min(int(F7/5),5),0,1,2,3,4,5)
  • applying [CHOOSE](https://support.google.com/docs/answer/3093371), and a (slightly) shorter formula is possible:
  • =H7+min(int(F7/5),5)
  • This adds to `H7` the rounded down to integer ([INT](https://support.google.com/docs/answer/3093490)) result of dividing `F7` by the range 'width' (each step is `5`), capped at `5` ([MIN](https://support.google.com/docs/answer/3094017)).
  • The above applies to Excel as well.
  • One way is to create a lookup table (sorted ascending) and take advantage of [VLOOKUP](https://support.google.com/docs/answer/3093318)'s `is_sorted` parameter to opt for "*the nearest match (less than or equal to the search key)*".
  • Say a table like so:
  • <pre>0 0
  • 5 1
  • 10 2
  • 15 3
  • 20 4
  • 25 5</pre>
  • with the Named Range `Table`. Then a formula such as:
  • =vlookup(F7,Table,2)+H7
  • to determine the supplement and add it to `H7`.
  • This approach could be versatile where changes to the ranges are required and more manageable than adapting a nested IF formula. The table is reasonably intuitive as quite similar to the requirement as expressed in the source question. It would be more so if the columns were switched over, but VOOKUP is simpler than an INDEX/MATCH pair and requires the `search_key` to be on the left of the `range`.
  • However, where the steps are uniform (of `5` each here) a separate table is not required:
  • =H7+choose(1+min(int(F7/5),5),0,1,2,3,4,5)
  • applying [CHOOSE](https://support.google.com/docs/answer/3093371), and a (slightly) shorter formula is possible:
  • =H7+min(int(F7/5),5)
  • This adds to `H7` the rounded down to integer ([INT](https://support.google.com/docs/answer/3093490)) result of dividing `F7` by the range 'width' (each step is `5`), capped at `5` ([MIN](https://support.google.com/docs/answer/3094017)).
  • The above applies to Excel as well.
#4: Post edited by user avatar pnuts‭ · 2020-10-04T01:21:40Z (over 3 years ago)
  • One way is to create a lookup table (sorted ascending) and take advantage of [VLOOKUP](https://support.google.com/docs/answer/3093318)'s `is_sorted` parameter to opt for "*the nearest match (less than or equal to the search key)*".
  • Say a table like so:
  • <pre>0 0
  • 5 1
  • 10 2
  • 15 3
  • 20 4
  • 25 5</pre>
  • with the Named Range `Table`. Then a formula such as:
  • =vlookup(F6,Table,2)+H7
  • to determine the supplement and add it to `H7`.
  • This approach could be versatile where changes to the ranges are required and more manageable than adapting a nested IF formula. The table is reasonably intuitive as quite similar to the requirement as expressed in the source question. It would be more so if the columns were switched over, but VOOKUP is simpler than an INDEX/MATCH pair and requires the `search_key` to be on the left of the `range`.
  • However, where the steps are uniform (of `5` each here) a separate table is not required:
  • =H7+choose(1+min(int(F7/5),5),0,1,2,3,4,5)
  • applying [CHOOSE](https://support.google.com/docs/answer/3093371), and a (slightly) shorter formula is possible:
  • =H7+min(int(F7/5),5)
  • This adds to `F7` the rounded down to integer ([INT](https://support.google.com/docs/answer/3093490)) result of dividing `F7` by the range 'width' (each step is `5`), capped at `5` ([MIN](https://support.google.com/docs/answer/3094017)).
  • The above applies to Excel as well.
  • One way is to create a lookup table (sorted ascending) and take advantage of [VLOOKUP](https://support.google.com/docs/answer/3093318)'s `is_sorted` parameter to opt for "*the nearest match (less than or equal to the search key)*".
  • Say a table like so:
  • <pre>0 0
  • 5 1
  • 10 2
  • 15 3
  • 20 4
  • 25 5</pre>
  • with the Named Range `Table`. Then a formula such as:
  • =vlookup(F6,Table,2)+H7
  • to determine the supplement and add it to `H7`.
  • This approach could be versatile where changes to the ranges are required and more manageable than adapting a nested IF formula. The table is reasonably intuitive as quite similar to the requirement as expressed in the source question. It would be more so if the columns were switched over, but VOOKUP is simpler than an INDEX/MATCH pair and requires the `search_key` to be on the left of the `range`.
  • However, where the steps are uniform (of `5` each here) a separate table is not required:
  • =H7+choose(1+min(int(F7/5),5),0,1,2,3,4,5)
  • applying [CHOOSE](https://support.google.com/docs/answer/3093371), and a (slightly) shorter formula is possible:
  • =H7+min(int(F7/5),5)
  • This adds to `H7` the rounded down to integer ([INT](https://support.google.com/docs/answer/3093490)) result of dividing `F7` by the range 'width' (each step is `5`), capped at `5` ([MIN](https://support.google.com/docs/answer/3094017)).
  • The above applies to Excel as well.
#3: Post edited by user avatar pnuts‭ · 2020-10-04T01:20:36Z (over 3 years ago)
  • One way is to create a lookup table (sorted ascending) and take advantage of [VLOOKUP](https://support.google.com/docs/answer/3093318)'s `is_sorted` parameter to opt for "*the nearest match (less than or equal to the search key)*".
  • Say a table like so:
  • <pre>0 0
  • 5 1
  • 10 2
  • 15 3
  • 20 4
  • 25 5</pre>
  • with the Named Range `Table`. Then a formula such as:
  • =vlookup(F6,Table,2)+H7
  • to determine the supplement and add it to `H7`.
  • This approach could be versatile where changes to the ranges are required and more manageable than adapting a nested IF formula. The table is reasonably intuitive as quite similar to the requirement as expressed in the source question. It would be more so if the columns were switched over, but VOOKUP is simpler than an INDEX/MATCH pair and requires the `search_key` to be on the left of the `range`.
  • However, where the steps are uniform (of `5` each here) a separate table is not required:
  • =F7+choose(1+min(int(F7/5),5),0,1,2,3,4,5)
  • applying [CHOOSE](https://support.google.com/docs/answer/3093371), and a (slightly) shorter formula is possible:
  • =H7+min(int(F7/5),5)
  • This adds to `F7` the rounded down to integer ([INT](https://support.google.com/docs/answer/3093490)) result of dividing `F7` by the range 'width' (each step is `5`), capped at `5` ([MIN](https://support.google.com/docs/answer/3094017)).
  • The above applies to Excel as well.
  • One way is to create a lookup table (sorted ascending) and take advantage of [VLOOKUP](https://support.google.com/docs/answer/3093318)'s `is_sorted` parameter to opt for "*the nearest match (less than or equal to the search key)*".
  • Say a table like so:
  • <pre>0 0
  • 5 1
  • 10 2
  • 15 3
  • 20 4
  • 25 5</pre>
  • with the Named Range `Table`. Then a formula such as:
  • =vlookup(F6,Table,2)+H7
  • to determine the supplement and add it to `H7`.
  • This approach could be versatile where changes to the ranges are required and more manageable than adapting a nested IF formula. The table is reasonably intuitive as quite similar to the requirement as expressed in the source question. It would be more so if the columns were switched over, but VOOKUP is simpler than an INDEX/MATCH pair and requires the `search_key` to be on the left of the `range`.
  • However, where the steps are uniform (of `5` each here) a separate table is not required:
  • =H7+choose(1+min(int(F7/5),5),0,1,2,3,4,5)
  • applying [CHOOSE](https://support.google.com/docs/answer/3093371), and a (slightly) shorter formula is possible:
  • =H7+min(int(F7/5),5)
  • This adds to `F7` the rounded down to integer ([INT](https://support.google.com/docs/answer/3093490)) result of dividing `F7` by the range 'width' (each step is `5`), capped at `5` ([MIN](https://support.google.com/docs/answer/3094017)).
  • The above applies to Excel as well.
#2: Post edited by user avatar pnuts‭ · 2020-10-04T01:19:40Z (over 3 years ago)
  • One way is to create a lookup table (sorted ascending) and take advantage of [VLOOKUP](https://support.google.com/docs/answer/3093318)'s `is_sorted` parameter to opt for "*the nearest match (less than or equal to the search key)*".
  • Say a table like so:
  • <pre>0 0
  • 5 1
  • 10 2
  • 15 3
  • 20 4
  • 25 5</pre>
  • with the Named Range `Table`. Then a formula such as:
  • =vlookup(F6,Table,2)+H7
  • to determine the supplement and add it to `H7`.
  • This approach could be versatile where changes to the ranges are required and more manageable than adapting a nested IF formula. The table is reasonably intuitive as quite similar to the requirement as expressed in the source question. It would be more so if the columns were switched over, but VOOKUP is simpler than an INDEX/MATCH pair and requires the `search_key` to be on the left of the `range`.
  • However, where the steps are uniform (of `5` each here) a separate table is not required:
  • =F7+choose(1+min(int(E7/5),5),0,1,2,3,4,5)
  • applying [CHOOSE](https://support.google.com/docs/answer/3093371), and a (slightly) shorter formula is possible:
  • =H7+min(int(F7/5),5)
  • This adds to `F7` the rounded down to integer ([INT](https://support.google.com/docs/answer/3093490)) result of dividing `F7` by the range 'width' (each step is `5`), capped at `5` ([MIN](https://support.google.com/docs/answer/3094017)).
  • The above applies to Excel as well.
  • One way is to create a lookup table (sorted ascending) and take advantage of [VLOOKUP](https://support.google.com/docs/answer/3093318)'s `is_sorted` parameter to opt for "*the nearest match (less than or equal to the search key)*".
  • Say a table like so:
  • <pre>0 0
  • 5 1
  • 10 2
  • 15 3
  • 20 4
  • 25 5</pre>
  • with the Named Range `Table`. Then a formula such as:
  • =vlookup(F6,Table,2)+H7
  • to determine the supplement and add it to `H7`.
  • This approach could be versatile where changes to the ranges are required and more manageable than adapting a nested IF formula. The table is reasonably intuitive as quite similar to the requirement as expressed in the source question. It would be more so if the columns were switched over, but VOOKUP is simpler than an INDEX/MATCH pair and requires the `search_key` to be on the left of the `range`.
  • However, where the steps are uniform (of `5` each here) a separate table is not required:
  • =F7+choose(1+min(int(F7/5),5),0,1,2,3,4,5)
  • applying [CHOOSE](https://support.google.com/docs/answer/3093371), and a (slightly) shorter formula is possible:
  • =H7+min(int(F7/5),5)
  • This adds to `F7` the rounded down to integer ([INT](https://support.google.com/docs/answer/3093490)) result of dividing `F7` by the range 'width' (each step is `5`), capped at `5` ([MIN](https://support.google.com/docs/answer/3094017)).
  • The above applies to Excel as well.
#1: Initial revision by user avatar pnuts‭ · 2020-10-04T01:14:38Z (over 3 years ago) 
One way is to create a lookup table (sorted ascending) and take advantage of [VLOOKUP](https://support.google.com/docs/answer/3093318)'s `is_sorted` parameter to opt for "*the nearest match (less than or equal to the search key)*".

Say a table like so:

<pre>0	0
5	1
10	2
15	3
20	4
25	5</pre>

with the Named Range `Table`. Then a formula such as: 

    =vlookup(F6,Table,2)+H7 

to determine the supplement and add it to `H7`.

This approach could be versatile where changes to the ranges are required and more manageable than adapting a nested IF formula. The table is reasonably intuitive as quite similar to the requirement as expressed in the source question. It would be more so if the columns were switched over, but VOOKUP is simpler than an INDEX/MATCH pair and requires the `search_key` to be on the left of the `range`.

However, where the steps are uniform (of `5` each here) a separate table is not required:

    =F7+choose(1+min(int(E7/5),5),0,1,2,3,4,5) 

applying [CHOOSE](https://support.google.com/docs/answer/3093371), and a (slightly) shorter formula is possible: 

    =H7+min(int(F7/5),5) 

This adds to `F7` the rounded down to integer ([INT](https://support.google.com/docs/answer/3093490)) result of dividing `F7` by the range 'width' (each step is `5`), capped at `5` ([MIN](https://support.google.com/docs/answer/3094017)).

The above applies to Excel as well.