I told you you have max 30 conditions, so max 30 values, but if you have
1000 or more possibilities, you can try with VLOOKUP function in this way:

=IF(ISNA(VLOOKUP(B1,$A$3:$A$29,1,0))),"","*")

where $A$3:$A$29 is the range with all the possible conditions (one per each
cell).

Obviously you have to set your own range.


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*gimp* ha scritto:

ok what is the longest formula that can be created like this. i maxed
it out came back saying formula too long. i prolly have 1000 or more
possibilities.
Franz Verga wrote:
If I well understand your problem, this formula is what you need:

=IF(OR(B1="x",B1="a",B1=3),"(*)","")

You can have till 30 conditions inside the OR function, so 30
possible values in B1 to have an (*) in A1.

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*gimp* ha scritto:

i was given the formula to use in cell A1 if cell b1 = x to make A1
either be blank if it said something other than x, or if it said x
it would generate an (*). now is there a formula that can be used
in the same senario if B1 had a series of possible values to
generate a (*) in cell A1?

thanks again

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(I'm not sure of names of menus, options and commands, because
translating from the Italian version of Excel...)

Hope I helped you.

Thanks in advance for your feedback.

Ciao

Franz Verga from Italy

--
(I'm not sure of names of menus, options and commands, because
translating from the Italian version of Excel...)

Hope I helped you.

Thanks in advance for your feedback.

Ciao

Franz Verga from Italy