I am trying to assign a passing grade to Bob Smith whose name appears in a
very long list of names in b2:b200

"davesexcel" wrote:


c3 = "pass" If a:1 is "Bob Smith" and his name appears in a list of
names
B2:b200 .....would appreciate any help.

I don't know what you asking

how about this

=If(A1="Bob Smith","pass","")


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