Let's say that the "certain criteria" is in D1,

Then try this:

=SUMIF(A1:A5,D1,C1:C5)

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i have a spreadsheet im working on, but i want it to do somthing i dont
know if it can do. here is my problem

A B C H
1 A1 B1 C1 H1
2 A2 B2 C2
3 A3 B3 C3
4 A4 B4 C4
5 A5 B5 C5


so i want H1 to = a range 0f data. i want it to look in column A for
certain criteria, and if that row in column A meets the criteria it
takes that same rows column C value and adds them together. so if it
were to be a logical test it would be somthing like this

if A1:A5= A2,A4,A5. then take the sum of C2,C4,C5. and put it in H1

let me know if you guys understand what im looking for.

Thanks


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