look in the help index for COUNTIF and SUMIF

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Don Guillett
SalesAid Software

"tom ossieur" wrote in message
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Hi!

given the table below - example -

John 2
Fred 3
Eric 1
Eric 3
John 4
Eric 2
Fred 2
Eric 1

1. I want to count how often a name occurs
e.g. Eric = 4

2. I want to calculate the sum of the values for a certain person
e.g. Eric = 7

Any solution?

Thanks!

tom