Again, I feel like thinking aloud even though I don't have a clue of what's going on.

Personally, I think he should re-design his spreadsheet <bg

That was the first thought that came to my mind when I briefly read the post. <g

Unfortunately I've inherited the spreadsheet and attempting to make it work
(without the use of a calculator and pen)....... You guys are way beyond my excel knowledge.

I feel so sorry that Terranoman has to put up with the inheritance.

Bob and Roger, I just want to point out this is exactly why I always focus on and have so many questions on speed etc. I want to learn to do it right (i.e. design the spreadsheet properly) in my early stage of learning so that I can save myself and others from pain and suffering when it comes to composing formulae down the road. I hope you understand my reasons behind my numerous questions. Your support and guidance are always appreciated.

Epinn

"Roger Govier" wrote in message ...
Personally, I think he should re-design his spreadsheet <bg

Well, funnily enough, that thought also crossed my mind<g
but seeing as he was using the last 2 columns, I wondered whether it was
so horrendous that all columns were being used, and the values couldn't
be split out into other columns. That's why I opted for using 2nd sheet.

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Regards

Roger Govier


"Bob Phillips" wrote in message
...
Sorry about the IU IV, I built it using U and V as I could see those
columns.

Personally, I think he should re-design his spreadsheet <bg

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HTH

Bob Phillips

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"Roger Govier" wrote in message
...
Hi Bob

Phhhewwww.....
That's great.
Just a very small point, the OP was using IU and IV for his columns
for
the lookup table, not U and I and he did not say he was using Sheet2.
I
used a second sheet in my suggestion.
As long as he makes those minor mods, he will have a superb solution.

I had totally missed that there were comma's separating the values in
the source cell in my rather mundane solution which would necessitate
a
change to the formula to
=IF(Sheet1!A1="","",MID(Sheet1!$A1,1+(COLUMN(A1)-1)*4,2))

I think he should go with your solution.

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Regards

Roger Govier


"Bob Phillips" wrote in message
...
I managed it with a formula that basically looks like this assuming
the
data
is in B2

=SUM(TRANSPOSE(OFFSET($V$1,TRANSPOSE(

IF(ISNUMBER(MATCH(MID(SUBSTITUTE(Sheet2!B2,",","") ,ROW(INDIRECT("1:"&LEN(SUB
STITUTE(Sheet2!B2,",","")))),2),Sheet2!$U$1:$U$50, 0)),

MATCH(MID(SUBSTITUTE(Sheet2!B2,",",""),ROW(INDIREC T("1:"&LEN(SUBSTITUTE(Shee
t2!B2,",","")))),2),Sheet2!$U$1:$U$50,0),1))-1,0)))

Unfortunately, that has too many nested functions, so I had to
split
out


MATCH(MID(SUBSTITUTE(Sheet2!B2,",",""),ROW(INDIREC T("1:"&LEN(SUBSTITUTE(Shee
t2!B2,",","")))),2),Sheet2!$U$1:$U$50,0)

and define it as a name (Ctrl-F3). I used a name of matches and a
Refersto
value of


=MATCH(MID(SUBSTITUTE(Sheet2!B2,",",""),ROW(INDIRE CT("1:"&LEN(SUBSTITUTE(She
et2!B2,",","")))),2),Sheet2!$U$1:$U$50,0)

and then my formula is


=SUM(TRANSPOSE(OFFSET($V$1,TRANSPOSE(IF(ISNUMBER(m atches),matches,1))-1,0)))

which is an array formula, it should be committed with
Ctrl-Shift-Enter, not
just Enter.

I also had to enter a dummy value in row 1 of your lookup table
with a
weight of 0 to get it to work.

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HTH

Bob Phillips

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"Terranoman" wrote in
message
...
I am attempting to set up a spreadsheet whereby I can summarise
the
weight
load of a vehicle. The cells will contain a variation of
abbreviated
texts
in the same cell e.g.

An example of column B contents is ah, zy, pd, (in a single cell
on
each
row)

Each abbreviation will have it's own unique number (weight)
allocated
in
two
seperate column which the formula will refer to - i.e

Column IU IV
Row 1 ah 2.2
Row 2 zy 3.7
Row 3 pd 1.4

There will be approximately 50 such text references and values.

Currently column b (rows 1 to 50) contain the varied text (ah, zy,
pd
etc
in
a single cell). Is it possible to 'find' the idividual text
abbreviation
(ah, zy or pd) in column B and total the allocated weight using
sumif
or
sumproduct even though they are in the same cell?

Any suggestions greatly appreciated.