GESTEP Function in Excel: Is It at Least the Threshold?

⏱ 1 min readUpdated 28 September 2026

EngineeringLevel: IntermediateAvailable in: Excel 2007+

In this article
  1. Syntax
  2. Examples
  3. Example 1
  4. Related functions

GESTEP returns 1 if a number is greater than or equal to a step value, otherwise 0 — SUM it to count values over a threshold.

Syntax

=GESTEP(number, [step])
Argument What it means
step Default 0.

Examples

Example 1

=GESTEP(C2, 40)

1 for pass marks, 0 for fail; sum the column for a pass count.

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