is one preferable to the other, since i can use either and get the same result?

thanks
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Gary

If I could use either, I would use =sumif(). (If I remember!)

I think if you put a bunch of these into a test workbook, you'd see that the
=sumif() test workbook would calculate faster.

Gary Keramidas wrote:

is one preferable to the other, since i can use either and get the same result?

thanks
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Gary

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Dave Peterson

SUMIF is preferable, it is more efficient not working on arrays as SP does.

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HTH

Bob

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"Gary Keramidas" <GKeramidasATmsn.com wrote in message
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is one preferable to the other, since i can use either and get the same
result?

thanks
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Gary

ok, thanks dave and bob

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Gary


"Bob Phillips" wrote in message
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SUMIF is preferable, it is more efficient not working on arrays as SP does.

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HTH

Bob

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"Gary Keramidas" <GKeramidasATmsn.com wrote in message
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is one preferable to the other, since i can use either and get the same
result?

thanks
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Gary

is one preferable to the other, since i can use either and get the
same result?
thanks

Sumif can test for only one condition, but Sumproduct can test multiple
conditions [ see http://www.xldynamic.com/source/xld.SUMPRODUCT.html ]. So
if you're testing only one condition, use Sumif.

Although, it is worth mentioning, multiple sumifs could be used to test for
multiple conditions (in some cases) - such as summing data between two date
ranges (where the data is in A1:B10, C6 is the start date and C7 is the end
date in the formula below). My experience has been that this scenario is
still faster than a single sumproduct formula.

=SUMIF(A1:A10,"="&C6,B1:B10)-SUMIF(A1:A10,""&C7,B1:B10)


"IanKR" wrote:

is one preferable to the other, since i can use either and get the
same result?
thanks

Sumif can test for only one condition, but Sumproduct can test multiple
conditions [ see http://www.xldynamic.com/source/xld.SUMPRODUCT.html ]. So
if you're testing only one condition, use Sumif.

is one preferable to the other, since i can use either and get the
same result?
thanks

Sumif can test for only one condition, but Sumproduct can test
multiple conditions [ see
http://www.xldynamic.com/source/xld.SUMPRODUCT.html ]. So if you're
testing only one condition, use Sumif.

Although, it is worth mentioning, multiple sumifs could be used to
test for multiple conditions (in some cases) - such as summing data
between two date ranges (where the data is in A1:B10, C6 is the start
date and C7 is the end date in the formula below). My experience has
been that this scenario is still faster than a single sumproduct
formula.

=SUMIF(A1:A10,"="&C6,B1:B10)-SUMIF(A1:A10,""&C7,B1:B10)



Thanks - that's a good technique I haven't seen before.