Hi catefaulkes,

Yet another approach:
=(E9="H")*1+(E9="M")*2+(E9="L")*3
Replace the 1,2,3 with whatever values you require. If no match occurs, 0 is returned.

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Cheers
macropod
[Microsoft MVP - Word]


"catefaulkes" wrote in message ...
I wish to create a logical test - an IF statement that tests whether a cell
contains H, M or L, and output the result as a number.
I cannot get the IF statement to recognise text as true or false - my Excel
2007 gives an error when I try to do something like IF(E9=H ....) is there a
way to do this?