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in excel 2003 and I am trying to get a sum of textual data that is the same.
For example If i have monday listed 5 times in the same column amongst the
other days of the week, i want a function that allows me to add the mondays
up and give me the number 5.
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That's called a count, not a sum.
Look in HELP for the COUNTIF() function

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| in excel 2003 and I am trying to get a sum of textual data that is the same.
| For example If i have monday listed 5 times in the same column amongst the
| other days of the week, i want a function that allows me to add the mondays
| up and give me the number 5.


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Try this:

=COUNTIF(A1:A20,"Monday")

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in excel 2003 and I am trying to get a sum of textual data that is the
same.
For example If i have monday listed 5 times in the same column amongst the
other days of the week, i want a function that allows me to add the
mondays
up and give me the number 5.



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How about this...

=COUNTIF(A:A, "=Monday")
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in excel 2003 and I am trying to get a sum of textual data that is the same.
For example If i have monday listed 5 times in the same column amongst the
other days of the week, i want a function that allows me to add the mondays
up and give me the number 5.

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Thank you guys for all of your help. It worked out perfectly!!!!!

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in excel 2003 and I am trying to get a sum of textual data that is the same.
For example If i have monday listed 5 times in the same column amongst the
other days of the week, i want a function that allows me to add the mondays
up and give me the number 5.

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