One way

Put in E1:

=IF(AND(TRIM(A1)="Last",TRIM(B1)="First"),SUM(C1:D 1),0)

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"booroni" wrote in message
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I need to create a formula that checks to see that the text in 2 different
cells are supposed to be what the formula specifies before it calculates
the
sum of 2 other cells
ie..
cell A1 = "Last"
cell B1 = "First"
cell C1 = "25"
cell D1 = "75"

The formula needs to be sure that cells a1 and b1 contain those exact
words
otherwise it will give a response of "0"....but if they do contain those
exact words than the response would be the sum of cells c1 and
d1....."100"

How do I write this formula correctly?