Mike, use something like this,

=SUMIF(A1:A10,"bananas",B1:B10)

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"Mike Mike" wrote in message
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This is what I got:
bananas 5 9 3 1
bananas 1 2 7 3
bananas 8 7 4 2
oranges 1 5 1 3
oranges 2 4 8 2
pears 9 5 2 3
pears 7 5 2 3 etc......

I need one row with the totals for each "fruit"

bananas 14 18 14 6
oranges 3 9 9 5
pears 16 10 4 6 etc...

Anyone know how to do this?