I'm not sure the example you've given is correct. If you total the numbers
in column B for "abc" from column A, then the total should be 7. I'm
guessing this is what you want. If 7 is the correct answer, then maybe:

=SUMIF(INDIRECT("A1:A"&COUNTA(A:A)),INDIRECT("A"&C OUNTA(A:A)),B:B)

For the second to last entry in column A:

=SUMIF(INDIRECT("A1:A"&COUNTA(A:A)),INDIRECT("A"&C OUNTA(A:A)-1),B:B)


HTH,
Paul

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Suppose you have 2 columns of data. Data gets added to the columns
frequently.

A B
xyz 4
abc 3
jkl 5
xyz 2
abc 1
def 4
abc 3

I need to calculate the total number in column B for the last 2
entries. Thus, if looking for "abc", the answer would be 4 (3+1),
since the abc got a 3 the last entry and 1 for the previous entry.
Using the same formula for xyz would return 6 (2 +4).

Any ideas on how I can accomplish this?