Danny,

Later in that paper, in the section entitled SUMPRODUCT Explained, it
explains it. It doesn't take an example of Ford and June, but you should be
able to work it out from there. As the paper says, this is not the classical
use of SUMPRODUCT, but an evolved, more useful use to facilitate multiple
conditional tests.

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HTH

RP
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"Danny J" wrote in message
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Hi Frank,

Thanks for your help. The formula works but I am unclear on the non
classical use of Sumproduct. Looking at the web page you cite an example
to
count the number of Ford cars sold in June
=sumproduct((a1:a10="ford")*(b1:b10="June")). However there are 4
instances
of the word Ford in column A and 7 instances of June in column C so why
does
return a value of 3 (which is correct for the number of Fords sold in
June)
rather than 4*7=28?

Sorry if I am being stupid.

Thanks,

Danny