How to rewrite excel formulas in a readable manner?

Question

I have an Excel file with formulas in this manner:

=IF(OR(ISERROR(G16),ISERROR(G17)),X16,IF(OR(G16=\"xxx\",G16=\"yyy\",G16=\"zzz\"),Y16,IF(G16=\"333\",\"N\\A\",IF(

Answer 1

You can simplify your formula substantially while still keeping a single formula. You are repeating almost the same expression 4 times with the HEX2DEC/VLOOKUP part, that can be reduced to a single instance if you recognise that this

=IF(formula<0,0,formula)

.....is equivalent to

=MAX(0,formula)

[for numeric results of formula]

and if you nest your IF(D17="".....expression within the main formula, i.e. this version

=IF(ISERROR(G16&G17),X16,IF(OR(G16={"xxx","yyy","zzz"}), Y16,IF(G16="333","N\A",IF(G17="333",Z16,MAX(0,(HEX2DEC(IF(D17="",W$10,W17))-HEX2DEC(W16))/VLOOKUP(F16,$M$36:$N$41,2,0))))))