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    Help translating If/Then fn to LOOKUP

    I am attempting to calculate premium rates for age banded life insurance. The problem is that there are 9 age bands, and the IF/THEN function caps out at 7 tests. Can anyone help me translate the formula below into a LOOKUP formula so that I can include all 9 tests?

    IF((P3<30, R3*.07, IF(AND(P3<35, >=30, R3*.09)), IF(AND(P3<40, >=35, R3*.11)), IF(AND(P3<45, >=40, R3*.15)), IF(AND(P3<50, >=45, R3*.24)), IF(AND(P3<55, >=50, R3*.36)), IF(AND(P3<60, >=55, R3*.62)), IF(AND(P3<65, >=60, R3*.87)), P3>=65, R3*1.51))

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    Re: Help translating If/Then fn to LOOKUP

    Try

    =R3*LOOKUP(P3,{0,30,35,40,45,50,55,60,65},{0.07,0.09,0.11,0.15,0.24,0.36,0.62,0.87,1.51})
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    Re: Help translating If/Then fn to LOOKUP

    if you create a table

    A B
    0 0.07
    30 0.09
    35 0.11
    40 0.15
    45 0.24
    50 0.36
    55 0.62
    60 0.87
    65 1.51

    I think that table would work

    then use

    =vlookup( P3, table range, 2, true) * R3

    worth testing I have the tiers correct

    vlookup when the last element is TRUE will find the lowest matching value in the table

    so if P3 between >=55 and <60 say 58
    then it would look through the table and see that the nearest lower value to 58 is 55 and so use 0.62

    now you can add as many tiers as you like
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    Re: Help translating If/Then fn to LOOKUP

    Thank you so much for the help, Ace! That worked perfectly.

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