If I understand you correctly (your example seems somewhat ambiguous to
me), one way:

Assume your list of States and Group is in Sheet2!A1:B51. Then in Sheet1,


=VLOOKUP(A1, Sheet2!A2:B51, 2, FALSE)

or, if it's possible that A1 won't be found:

=IF(ISNA(MATCH(A1, Sheet2!A2:A51, FALSE)), "Not Found", VLOOKUP(A1,
Sheet2!A2:B51, 2, FALSE))





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PJS wrote:

Hi everyone,

What is the excel fuction for "in list", where cell value equals to a list
of values?

If A1 = "this list of values" then "1" else If A1 = "another list of values"
then "2" ?

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if CA is by definition in Group 1, the function would recognize CA and
return the value 1, and NY by definition in Group 2, return the value 2?

States Group
CA 1
NY 2

thanks!

PJS