Define "contains". Do you mean only 7 or only 16 in col B or aaaa7bbb
aaa16bbb

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Don Guillett
Microsoft MVP Excel
SalesAid Software

"Sarah (OGI)" wrote in message
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I have written the following formula, but an #N/A value is being returned.

=SUMPRODUCT(--(YTD!$B$2:$B$65536={"*7*","*16*"}),--(YTD!$AB$2:$AB$65536))

I am trying to sum the cells in column AB where the cell in column B
contains either a 7 or a 16.

Please could someone advise if I need to make a correction to the existing
formula, or if I should be using a different function altogether.

Many thanks in advance.