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Default Is this possible? If so what function do I use?

Great list available he
http://www.usps.com/ncsc/lookups/abbr_state.txt

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"T. Valko" wrote in message
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Create a 1 column table of all 50 states. Assume this table is in the
range D1:D50.

Then, in column B:

=IF(COUNTIF(D$1:D$50,A1),"United States","")

Copy down as needed.

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"AdirondackSam" wrote in message
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My data is:
A B C
TX United States
MA
NY United States
NJ
NH United States
London United Kingdom
Paris France


Column A has states that are almost always populated, but B is often left
blank. I wanted to create some type of Array or Lookup that has all the
states in it, and them do a comparison; If what is in Column A is a
valid
state, then populate B with "United States, otherwise leave it alone.

I can't use "IF" because there are too many arguments, and can't figure
out
how to make it work with something like VLOOKUP.

Advice apreciated.
~S