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Default Returning multiple values that are NOT in a single column or r

I'm getting a 404 error

Me too!

Sorry about that. That's a very well known and popular site. Must be some
unexpected technical difficulty!

Here's another link (tested this one!):

http://mcgimpsey.com/excel/formulae/doubleneg.html

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Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"crispino" wrote in message
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Hey there,

I'm getting a 404 error when I try to go to that page. Can you check the
link?

Thanks,
Chris



"T. Valko" wrote:

See this:

http://xldynamic.com/source/xld.SUMPRODUCT.html

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Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"crispino" wrote in message
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Hey Teethless mama -

Just wanted to repeat my section from my previous post - guess you
didn't
see it.

I'm just wondering what the double dash part of the SUMPRODUCT function
does? I can't find an explanation in Excel help.

- Chris


"Teethless mama" wrote:

You're Welcome!

"crispino" wrote:

OH YEAH THAT'S THE STUFF

Awesome! Thanks so much!

But just out of curiosity . . .

I'm not familiar with that formula (SUMPRODUCT). In looking it up
in
Excel
help, I don't see the two dashes ever used, but in a lot of peoples'
responses on these forums, they seem to get used a lot. And I note
that when
I take them out of the formula you gave me for my example, it
doesn't
work
anymore. What do they do?

Thanks again for the help, this is great.

- Chris


"Teethless mama" wrote:

Assume your data in A1:B11
Criteria in D2 holds Beefsteak, D3 holds Big Boy....

In E2: =SUMPRODUCT(--($A$2:$B$11=D2),$A$1:$B$10)
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"crispino" wrote:

Hi all,

I am trying to keep track of various types of tomato seedlings
on
growing
trays. Each tray is divided into eight sections and each
section
will have a
certain number of seedlings in it. However the data are not
contiguous, but
instead are laid out in such a way so as to approximate
everything's position
in the tray. The data are always arranged with the number above
and the type
in the row below. A typical example might look something like
this:

4 3
Big Boy Early Girl

4 4
Roma Big Boy

2 3
Early Girl Beefsteak

4 4
Big Boy Roma

My questions is, is there a way to do a dynamic sum of each
type?
So, in
the example above, there would ultimately be a list that looks
like:
3 Beefsteak
12 Big Boy
5 Early Girl
8 Roma

The fact that the data types are not separated into discrete
columns and
rows have hampered my efforts to figure this out so far. How
would
I do this?

Any help would be greatly appreciated. I'm using Excel 2003.

- Chris