The reason I use it is because I want to be fairly consistent, if for
instance the OP had asked Green OR Red in A2:B5 then sum C2:C5. If for
instance A2 holds red and B2 holds green your formula would do 2 x C2 while
mine would do
1 x C2


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Regards,

Peo Sjoblom


"Bernard Liengme" wrote in message
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Why not just
=SUMPRODUCT((A1:A5="red")+(A1:A5="green"),B1:B5)
No need for "- -" since the addition operator will coerce logical values
to numeric
No need for "0" since 0 * anything = 0
best wishes
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"Peo Sjoblom" wrote in message
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A couple of ways

=SUM(SUMIF(A2:A6,{"Red";"Green"},B2:B6))

or

=SUMPRODUCT(--((A2:A6="Red")+(A2:A6="Green")0),B2:B6)

both returns 57


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Regards,

Peo Sjoblom



"Kazmaniac" wrote in message
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Please help
I am trying to add numerical values in one column based on multiple
values
in another column.

A B
Red $24
Blue $16
Green $21
Blue $15
Green $12

I would like to add the values in column B for all rows that have a
value of
red and green in column A. Thank you in advance for your help!