Try this:

=SUMIF(B:B,"*R*",A:A)

The asterisk is a wildcard character, so it will match on anything
with R in it. If you only want to match on a code beginning with R you
could have "R*" instead.

Hope this helps.

Pete

On Jan 22, 6:26*pm, sweetmans
wrote:
Here is what I need the formula to do: * * I will have two columns, Column A
will have a value and Column B will have a code. *I want to Sum the numbers
in Column A *IF the Code in Column B has the letter "R" in it. * * *So, using
the data below, my formula would add the values 100+400+500 *from column A
and return a result of 1,000. * * * Any help would be appreciated!

Column A * * Column B
100 * * * * * * * * *R1
200 * * * * * *M3
400 * * * * * *R2
500 * * * * * *R6
700 * * * * * * I1
300 * * * * * * M3