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Asked: 2026-05-27T19:31:04+00:00

Is there an IN type function like the one used in sql that can

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Is there an “IN” type function like the one used in sql that can be used in excel? For example, if i am writing an If statement in excel and I want it to check the contents of a cell for 5 different words can i write something like: 

=If(A1=IN("word1","word2","word3","word4","word5"),"YES","NO")
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    You could use MATCH :

    =MATCH(A1, {"word1","word2","word3","word4","word5"}, 0)

    which will return the index of the matching item in the array list. The trailing 0 means it should be an exact match. It will return #N/A if it isn’t there, so you can tag a IF(ISNA( onto the front to make it behave like your “IN”:

    =IF(ISNA(MATCH(A1, {"word1","word2","word3","word4","word5"}, 0)),"NO","YES")

    Note the change in order of the "YES" and "NO"

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