To add to what Miguel said, if you want something somewhat similar to a
wildcard you can use

(LEFT($A$107:$A$130,1)="m")

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"Miguel Zapico" wrote in message
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The place where the * is located in your formula is a basic comparision
(a=b), nothing to do with any other builtin formula. Wildcards are not
recognized in that situation, and that is normally what you would expect.

Miguel.

"Juran" wrote:


On the below formula.

On the first one I wrote ...="m*"... and I got 0 as a result
On the second one I wrote ...="may".. and I got the number I wanted.

=SUMPRODUCT(--($A$107:$A$130="m*"),--($B$107:$B$130=18),--($F$107:$F$130="asml"))

=SUMPRODUCT(--($A$107:$A$130="may"),--($B$107:$B$130=18),--($F$107:$F$130="asml"))

Is there are reason that "*" does not work in this formula but work in
other formulas that If (countif)?

Thank you.

Rubem


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