OK, I think I have it.

One thing, though. You seem to be "determined" that you NEED to use
wildcards. Not true, and, you have more flexibility when using a cell to
hold your criteria.

Based on the last sample data you posted.

D1 = cope & drag

Array entered

=SUM(IF(FREQUENCY(IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH(D1,A3:A39)),M ATCH(B3:B39&"",B3:B39&"",0)),MATCH(B3:B39&"",B3:B3 9&"",0))0,B3:B40))

You'll notice the last range reference is one row longer than all the other
range references. This is intentional and it doesn't matter if there is an
entry in that cell or not. This is needed as a "bin dump" for the Frequency
function.

Biff

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Anyone else want to get this formula to work as a wildcard?


=SUMIF(A3:A39,"COPE &
DRAG*",B3:B39)/COUNT(1/FREQUENCY(IF((LEFT(A3:A39,11)="COPE &
DRAG"),ROW(A3:A39)),IF((LEFT(A3:A39,11)="COPE & DRAG"),ROW(A3:A39))))


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