OK...then try this:

For a list of Projects in A1:A100

This formula sums the cells in Col_B where the corresponding cell in Col_A
contains the word "May":
B1: =SUMIF(A1:A100,"*May*",A1:A100)

Is that what you're looking for?
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Regards,
Ron

XL2002, WinXP


"Mac Landers" wrote:

Ron,
I see that I was not clear in what my end result is - each row that has May
has a dollar value in another column (Row 1 Column A May 2390i3094 Row 1
Column B $5000 )and I need the dollar values to add up for all May rows.

"Ron Coderre" wrote:

Try something like this:

For a list of Projects in A1:A100

This formula counts the cells that contain the word "May"
B1: =COUNTIF(A1:A100,"*May*")

Note: in that configuration, "Mayberry" counts as a match. Post back if that
is not OK.

Does that help?
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Regards,
Ron

XL2002, WinXP


"Mac Landers" wrote:

I have a list of projects by row and I need to sum the lines that have one
key word. For example I have May jakdjfld, May a0934u0, May 2309u09, etc. I
want to sum all the rows with the word May in it.

I greatly appreciate your help.

Thanks!

Mac