Lookup function within IF statement?

Sample included.

In C2, I need a formula that looks at B2, compares it to the table in E:F, and returns an 'X' if the value is 3 or bigger, otherwise, enter nothing.

In my primitive programming mind, I 'wanted' to do something like:

=if(lookup(B2,$E$2:$F$6>2),"X","")

I had a similar solution I was helped with -- used a sumproduct function, which worked great. This one is a little different as it checks a condition, then returns a different value.

I could solve my issue by entering another column that first performs the lookup, returns the value, and then use an if function to return "X" from that new column, but I figure there has to be a way to avoid an extra formula and take two steps at once.

Thanks for your help.

Hi Cutter,

Your formula is close, but the OP wants "X" if the value is >= 3


C2: =IF(VLOOKUP(B2,$E$2:$F$6,2,FALSE)>=3,"X","")