Dynamic formula help in Excel

Question

Hi I am looking to use the following formula to determine if a numerical output for an indicator ( O2 ) meets a particular target ( Q2 ):

=IF(O2<>"",IF(O2>=Q2,"Met","Not Met"),"").

However, included within columns O & Q are different indicators and their corresponding targets, some targets are defined as met if above their target and some if below. Hence, the >= section of my formula above should be dynamic. Is there any way to reference a cell which will include either < or >= in the above formula to change the formula according to how the target should analysed?

An excerpt of my data:

Thanks

Answer 1

You can use COUNTIF function:

=IF(COUNTIF(B2,C2&D2),"Met","Not met")