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SWITCH

Evaluates an expression against a list of values and returns the result corresponding to the first matching value. If there is no match, an optional default value may be returned.

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What it does

Evaluates an expression against a list of values and returns the corresponding result.

Syntax

SWITCH(expression, value1, result1, [value2, result2], ..., [default])

Arguments

  • expression(value) β€” Value to match.

Examples

Map a status code

Return a label for a status code.

FORMULA
=SWITCH(A2,"O","Open","C","Closed","Unknown")
RESULT
Open
SAMPLE DATA
A
1Status code
2O
3C
4X