for this simple example, a simple solution
=IF(B2="April",A2)+IF(D2="April",D2)+IF(F2="April" ,E2)

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Don Guillett
SalesAid Software

"Brandoni" wrote in message
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I have six columns next to each other and am trying to add date based on
the
month in every other column.

M8 N8 O8 P8 Q8 R8
$200 April $100 May $100 April

Then trying to have the formula add any combination of M8,08 and Q8 that
have "April" next to them. So the formula checks to see if it should add
all
three, or two, or just one. In this example, the returned result should
be
$300.

I keep getting an error. Any help?

=IF(N8="April",IF(P8="April",IF(R8="April",(M8+O8+ Q8),if(N8="April",IF(P8="April",(M8+O8),(IF(N8="Ap ril",IF(R8="April",((M8+Q8),IF(N8="April",M8,IF(P8 ="April",o8,IF(R8="April",Q8,0),0),0),0),0),0),0), 0),0),0),0),0)