How about

=if(SUMPRODUCT((I5={"a","b","d"})*1)<1,"other",i5)

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Don Guillett
Microsoft MVP Excel
SalesAid Software

"jchick0909" wrote in message
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Column A is a list of states. If column A is not 7 specific states, then
i
want "other" if it is one of these states, then i want the state (ie A2
etc).
I'm trying to use If(not(.... but there are too many arguements. Any
suggestions would be greatly appreciated!!!

attempt:

If(not(A2="FL","AL".... ),"other",A2)

Then I am then using an Index Match function to find the pay rate for the
"new state" (column B) along with another cell reference to the job
description.