Excel: if cell 1 contains X or Y or Z, then cell 2 should equal W

Question

As from the title, I need Excel to auto-populate the B row cells based on the corresponding A row cells content.

So if cell A1 contains X or Y or Z, th

Answer 1

You can try adding this formula to B1:

=IF(OR(A1="X";A1="Y";A1="Z");"W";IF(OR(A1="G";A1="H";A1="J");"W";""))

The first part checks if A1 is either X Y or Z. If it's true, it returns "W", if it's false, it will call for another IF statement, that checks if A1 is in G H or J. If it's true, yes, "W" again, if it's not, it'll just put nothing in there.

It's possible to simplify it, by using only one IF/OR like this:

=IF(OR(A1="X";A1="Y";A1="Z";A1="G";A1="H";A1="J");"W";"")

You might have to replace ; with , depending on your locale settings.