Hi!

One way:

Enter this formula in say, E1:

=ROWS($1:1)-1

Enter this formula in F1:

=SUMIF(A$1:A$6,"*"&E1&"*",B$1:B$6)

Select both E1 and F1 and copy down to row 10.

Biff

"michaelp" wrote in message
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Good Afternoon

I have 2 columns one with a string of numbers and the other a number

1,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,- 247
-,2,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,- 34
-,-,3,-,-,-,-,-,-,- 34
-,-,-,4,-,-,-,-,-,- 24
-,-,-,-,5,-,-,-,-,- 2608
-,-,-,-,-,6,-,-,-,- 2


What I want to do is search the range of text string to find lets say
the number 2 (the numbers appear in the same position every time or is
replaces with the - ) then sum the next column that relates to the
number 2 etc

I have 1023 lines of text string (total number of combinations of 10)



Thank you


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michaelp