Greetings,

I have a chart that looks a little like this:

a b
1 bob 1
2 joe 1
3 harry 2
4 joe 2
5 bob 1

....etc.

Is it possible for me to have a cell that is a sum of every cell in the
column "b" where the name in column "a" is "joe"? In the above example,
the correct answer would be 3 (because b2 plus b4).

Thanks in advance!

Regards,
Jason

Jason

you need to use SUMIF

For example:

=SUMIF(A:A,"bob",B:B)

Regards

Trevor


"Jason" wrote in message
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Greetings,

I have a chart that looks a little like this:

a b
1 bob 1
2 joe 1
3 harry 2
4 joe 2
5 bob 1

...etc.

Is it possible for me to have a cell that is a sum of every cell in the
column "b" where the name in column "a" is "joe"? In the above example,
the correct answer would be 3 (because b2 plus b4).

Thanks in advance!

Regards,
Jason

On Fri, 30 Jan 2004 19:56:11 GMT, Jason wrote:

SumIf will do this for you:

=SUMIF(A1:A5,"joe",B1:B5)

I have a chart that looks a little like this:

a b
1 bob 1
2 joe 1
3 harry 2
4 joe 2
5 bob 1

...etc.

Is it possible for me to have a cell that is a sum of every cell in the
column "b" where the name in column "a" is "joe"? In the above example,
the correct answer would be 3 (because b2 plus b4).


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Hi Jason

That's exactly what a Pivot Table in its simplest form does. See
http://www.cpearson.com/excel/pivots.htm on how to set it up.

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"Jason" wrote in message
...
Greetings,

I have a chart that looks a little like this:

a b
1 bob 1
2 joe 1
3 harry 2
4 joe 2
5 bob 1

...etc.

Is it possible for me to have a cell that is a sum of every cell in the
column "b" where the name in column "a" is "joe"? In the above example,
the correct answer would be 3 (because b2 plus b4).

Thanks in advance!

Regards,
Jason

Jason wrote:

Greetings,

I have a chart that looks a little like this:

a b
1 bob 1
2 joe 1
3 harry 2
4 joe 2
5 bob 1

...etc.

Is it possible for me to have a cell that is a sum of every cell in the
column "b" where the name in column "a" is "joe"? In the above example,
the correct answer would be 3 (because b2 plus b4).

{=SUM((A1:A5="joe")*B1:B5)}

Hi, this is an array formula, so don't place the brackets {} when
typing, enter the formula not by simply pressing enter, instead you must
press CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER.

Regards,
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