=SUMPRODUCT(--(A1:A100="Top"),--(B1:B100="Bulb),C1:C100)


"samuel" wrote:

I have the following data in 3 columns

A B C
TOP BULB 1
TOP SCREW 5
TOP LIGHT 1
TOP LAMP 1
TOP PAPER 1
BOTTOM BULB 5
BOTTOM SCREW 4
BOTTOM LIGHT 2
BOTTOM LAMP 8
BOTTOM PAPER 7


I want to be able to first match against the value in column a then find the
match in column b once it finds both match then return the result of column
3.