ArrayFormula and “AND” Formula in Google Sheets

41
votes

In Google Sheets, when using ArrayFormula with AND formula, I don't get the results as it should be.

A|B
2|7

In C1 I put formula as: =and(A1>5,B1>6) then I get True. If in D1 I put formula as: =ArrayFormula(and(A1:A>5,B1:B>6)) I get the results as False.

Here are my two questions:

  1. Why is ArrayFormula not repeated for all cells in the column?
  2. Why do I get true without ArrayFormula and False with Arrayformula?
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It's been a long time but as far as I remember, AND doesn't work with array formulas in Excel too. A workaround would be to evaluate the multiplication of the conditions. – ayhan

2 Answers

82
votes

AND doesn't work that way with Array formulae because it ANDs the whole array together in the top left cell, regardless of number of dimensions.

I.e. it checks if "">"" which is FALSE, ANDed with anything it will return FALSE for the top left cell, that result is carried down.

You can use multiplication of truth values to create ANDing that works with ARRAYFORMULA like this:

=ArrayFormula((A1:A>1)*(B1:B>6) = 1)

The OR equivalent would obviously be

=ArrayFormula((A1:A>1)+(B1:B>6) > 0)
0
votes

Another a little simpler way:

=ARRAYFORMULA(
  IF(H3:H = I3:I = J3:J = TRUE; 1; 0)
)