Hello Guys I am new and have just registered, I have been trying to solve a problem for over a week now in excel. I have a list of towns, region The list is over 1500 records for each I was wondering if there is a way I can fill in the region and country columns automatically -i.e. through a script or function or macro based on what is entered in the town row/ field e.g Town= Cheltenham if the town is Cheltenham, I would like the corresponding region column to pollute with glouctershire I have tried using functions such as: =IF(A3="CHELTENHAM","Glouctershire",IF(A3="LONDON","LONDON",IF(A3="Leeds","Yorkshire",A9))) but as I have over 1500 towns, the error message comes up in excel stating the formula is too long- I think it is limited to 255 characters or so I would appreciate any help as it is urgent. Thanks to all in advance