Hi Peter,

You need to specify the cell again, so your code would be:

If Cells(40, 1).Value = "Jack" Or Cells(40, 1).Value = "Paddy" Or
Cells(40, 1).Value = "Andy" Or Cells(40, 1).Value ="Gary" Then
Cells(41, 1).Value = "Jazz"
Else
Cells(41, 1).Value = "Blues"
End If

A more elegant way and possibly an easier way is to use a select
statement, this would look like:

Select Case Cells(40,1).Value
Case "Jack", "Paddy", "Andy", "Gary"
Cells(41, 1).Value = "Jazz"
Case "Peter"
Cells(41, 1).Value = "R & B"
Case Else
Cells(41, 1).Value = "Blues"
End Select

So you select your case in this case Cells(40,1).value and for each
case you are just saying if it equals this then do this, very similar
to an IF statement.

I hope this helps,

James


Peter wrote:
Can any one help?!

I am trying to say:
If cell [blah,blah] = Jack or Paddy then cell [blah, blah] should =
Jazz


The code I've got is:

If Cells(40, 1).Value = "Jack" Xor "Paddy" Xor "Andy" Xor "Gary" Then
Cells(41, 1).Value = "Jazz"
Else
Cells(41, 1).Value = "Blues"
End If


Needless to say that it doesn't work, so if any of you experts in
google land have any ideas then I'd be very grateful to hear them.

Thanks,

Peter