q48 is one number or data item and c27:c35 would consist of 8 numbers or
data. What do you want to test for?
BTW, leave out the + on +q48. You are in excel land now, not lotus.
maybe this is what you want???. If no match "", q48
=IF(ISNA(MATCH(q48,protected!c27:c35,0)),"",q48)

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Don Guillett
SalesAid Software

"Help Me Rhonda TOA" <Help Me Rhonda wrote in
message ...
When I compute this function: =IF(Q48=Protected!C27,+Q48,"") -- I get
results, but if I insert a range rather than a reference to only one cell,
I
get ### signs where my calculation should be.
If I try to compute: =IF(Q48=Protected!C27:C35,+Q48,"")

then I get the error symbol of ### rather than a computation. What am I
doing wrong.

Up all night on this!