EXCEL FUNCTIONS-NOT

INTRODUCTION

It behaves like BINARY NOT.

NOT is simply the reverse of a binary value which means

TRUE NOT=FALSE

AND

FALSE NOT=TRUE.

PURPOSE OF NOT IN EXCEL

NOT will reverse TRUE into FALSE and FALSE into TRUE.

PREREQUISITES TO LEARN NOT

THERE ARE A FEW PREREQUISITES WHICH WILL ENABLE YOU TO UNDERSTAND THIS FUNCTION IN A BETTER WAY.

  • Some information about the BINARY MATHEMATICS is an advantage for the use of such formulas. 
  • Basic understanding of how to use a formula or function.
  •  Basic understanding of rows and columns in Excel.
  •  Of course, Excel software.

Helpful links for the prerequisites mentioned above

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SYNTAX: NOT FUNCTION

The Syntax for the function is

=NOT(BINARY CONDITION)

BINARY CONDITION= ANY CONDITION WHICH WILL RESULT IN TRUE OR FALSE

EXAMPLE:NOT FUNCTION IN EXCEL

DATA SAMPLE

We can check any binary condition (which results in true or false)

e.g.

=NOT(5*3=15)

The condition is TRUE. so the result will be False.

Any simple condition can be put directly using the logical operators.

e.g. not(any cell value < any value)

etc.