Since the OP's range was

SUMIF(w2:w25000,"jones",m3:m25000)


then if there is a jones in W25000 it would return the value from
M25001 which if it is empty will return a zero. Don't know where jones in
the m
column came from since that is column the OP wants to sum?

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Peo Sjoblom

Portland, Oregon




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Ron Rosenfeld Wrote:
....and a jones in m25000 would not return anything, since the w25001 is
not
included in your sum_range.
--ron

This isn't quite correct. A jones in m25000 WOULD add the value in
W25001.

In SUMIF the actual sum range used is determined by the size of the
range, e.g. if you use the formula

=SUMIF(a1:a10,"apple",b1)

b1:b10 is still used as the sum range

see Excel help for further information


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