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Default IF statements with * character doesn't work


You could try =sum(if(right(a1:a6,5)="chips",b1:b6,0))

Horst


On Nov 8, 9:27 am, wrote:
Hi everyone,
my new problem is that the if statement doesn't like the wild
character... ie) =SUM(IF(A1:A6="chips*",B1:B6,0))

Any way around this??
Thanks