got it!
this is a really good function, and thanks for pointing me towards that
information website, can see it coming in handy.

I thought my excel skills were fairly good, but this is described as a basic
function!

Thanks all
Harry

"PCLIVE" wrote:

I saw that, but Excel would have corrected it.


"Bob Phillips" wrote in message
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I hope that you noticed I missed a trailing bracket

=SUMPRODUCT(--(A1:A10="Jon"),--(B1:B10=B"),C1:C10)
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HTH

Bob

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"Harry Seymour" wrote in message
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very useful!
what is the -- function for??

"Bob Phillips" wrote:

=SUMPRODUCT(--(A1:A10="Jon"),--(B1:B10=B"),C1:C10

--
HTH

Bob

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"Harry Seymour" <Harry wrote in
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How can I sum values in my third column by specifying conditions in my
first
two?

e.g. Column A has values "Jon", "Max", "Mary", "Tom"
Column B has values "A" and "B".
Column C has values for each.

I need to sum C values where column A shows "Jon" and column B shows
"B".
I've tried =sumif(AND(A1:A10, "Jon"),(B1:B10, "B"), C1:C10) with no
luck.
the usual sumif should have the format =sumif(range to be assessed,
Criteria, range to be summed)