How to select rows based on contents of cells in Excel during analysis of PicoMuon stand-alone data

In Excel, you typically do this with either IF, IFS, or lookup functions depending on what you mean by “select based on content”.

Here are the most common patterns:

1) Simple condition → IF

Use this when you want to return one value or another based on a cell’s content.

=IF(A1="C", "Selected", "Not selected")

Example:

• If A1 = “C” → returns “Selected”
• Otherwise → “Not selected”

2) Multiple conditions → IFS

Use when you have several possible matches.

=IFS(
A1="A","Alpha",
A1="B","Beta",
A1="C","Charlie"
)

3) Match text to a value table → XLOOKUP (best modern method)

If you’re mapping values from a list:

Formula:

=XLOOKUP(A1, A:A, B:B)

4) Older Excel → VLOOKUP

=VLOOKUP(A1, A:B, 2, FALSE)

5) Conditional extraction (filtering data)

If you want to select rows based on a value:

=FILTER(A2:D100, A2:A100="C")

Quick guidance

• Single yes/no logic → IF
• Many categories → IFS
• Lookup from a table → XLOOKUP (preferred)
• Extract rows → FILTER