I'm new ot this group and moderately experienced with Excel. Here is my
question.

I have a range of cells where I need to determine if a value is located
within the range. My cumbersome formula follows. I need to simplify the
formula in order to get it under the 255 character limit.

Example follows:

=IF($B$250,"n/a",(IF(OR(AE$17=$C25,AE$17=$D25,AE$17=$E25,AE$17=$ F25,AE$17=$G25,AE$17=$H25,AE$17=$I25,AE$17=$J25,AE $17=$K25,AE$17=$L25,AE$17=$M25,AE$17=$N25,AE$17=$O 25,AE$17=$P25,AE$17=$Q25,AE$17=$R25,AE$17=$S25,AE$ 17=$T25,AE$17=$U25,AE$17=$V25,AE$17=$W25,AE$17=$X2 5,AE$17=$Y25,AE$17=$Z25,AE$17=$AA25,AE$17=$AB25,AE $17=$AC25)=TRUE,"",AE$17)))

It is the OR function that I am trying to simplify: In the formula I am
asking if AE$17 is equal to any of the cells in the range $C25:$AC25.
There has to be a simpler way to do this.

I could use help on this from anyone.

Carl