I have a worksheet that has a set of values (numbers) in row G. I would like
to add those values but only if the values (which are letters) in row B match
letters that are in columns c through f. I will attempt to place an example
below this.


A B C D E F G H
1 TEAM A TA TB TC TD TE .5
2 TEAM B TB TC TD TB TE .2
3 TEAM C TC TD TB TF TG .1
4 TEAM D TD TE TG TH TB .7
5 TEAM E TE TF TB TC TH .3
6 TEAM F TF TG TA TB TD .3
7 TEAM G TG TH TC TD TA .4
8 TEAM H TH TA TD TE TF .6

So in this case, for Team A, they competed against Teams B, C, D and E. I
want to add the vales in Column G only for the teams that team A competed
against. I tried using the SumIf function, and write it something like this:

=sumif(c1:f1,b1:b8,g1:g8)

but that just returned a value of 0...

Is what I want to do possible? And if it is possible, how in the world
would I do this? Thanks in advance and I am sorry if this is too complicated
to read after I post it...

Do you mean that in Team A's case, for example, they played B, C, D
and E, so their total comes from the points in the rows that those
teams are in? i.e. 0.2 + 0.1 + 0.7 + 0.3 (=1.3) ?

How can Team B play itself?

If Team A played B, C, D and E, then shouldn't we have TA on the rows
for each of those teams?

(I'm confused)

Pete

On May 15, 4:11*pm, BSweeney
wrote:
I have a worksheet that has a set of values (numbers) in row G. *I would like
to add those values but only if the values (which are letters) in row B match
letters that are in columns c through f. *I will attempt to place an example
below this.

* * * *A * * * * * *B * * *C * * * D * * * E * * * F * * * G * * * H
1 * TEAM A * *TA * *TB * * TC * * TD * * TE * * ..5 * * *
2 * TEAM B * *TB * *TC * * TD * * TB * * TE * * ..2 * * * * *
3 * TEAM C * *TC * *TD * *TB * * *TF * * TG * * .1 * *
4 * TEAM D * *TD * *TE * * TG * * TH * * TB * * ..7 * *
5 * TEAM E * * TE * *TF * * TB * * TC * * TH * * .3
6 * TEAM F * * TF * *TG * *TA * * TB * * *TD * * .3
7 * TEAM G * * TG * *TH * *TC * * TD * * TA * * ..4
8 * TEAM H * * TH * *TA * *TD * * TE * * TF * * *.6

So in this case, for Team A, they competed against Teams B, C, D and E. *I
want to add the vales in Column G only for the teams that team A competed
against. *I tried using the SumIf function, and write it something like this:

=sumif(c1:f1,b1:b8,g1:g8)

but that just returned a value of 0...

Is what I want to do possible? *And if it is possible, how in the world
would I do this? *Thanks in advance and I am sorry if this is too complicated
to read after I post it...

In H1, enter the formula

=VLOOKUP(C1,$B$1:$G:$8,6,False)

and copy to the right to cells I1:K1, then in L1, use =SUM(H1:K1)

Then copy H1:L1 down to H2:L8

HTH,
Bernie
MS Excel MVP


"BSweeney" wrote in message
...
I have a worksheet that has a set of values (numbers) in row G. I would like
to add those values but only if the values (which are letters) in row B match
letters that are in columns c through f. I will attempt to place an example
below this.


A B C D E F G H
1 TEAM A TA TB TC TD TE .5
2 TEAM B TB TC TD TB TE .2
3 TEAM C TC TD TB TF TG .1
4 TEAM D TD TE TG TH TB .7
5 TEAM E TE TF TB TC TH .3
6 TEAM F TF TG TA TB TD .3
7 TEAM G TG TH TC TD TA .4
8 TEAM H TH TA TD TE TF .6

So in this case, for Team A, they competed against Teams B, C, D and E. I
want to add the vales in Column G only for the teams that team A competed
against. I tried using the SumIf function, and write it something like this:

=sumif(c1:f1,b1:b8,g1:g8)

but that just returned a value of 0...

Is what I want to do possible? And if it is possible, how in the world
would I do this? Thanks in advance and I am sorry if this is too complicated
to read after I post it...

that worked perfectly. Thank you very much, sometimes the simple answers are
all thats needed, I was attempting to over complicate the function. Thanks
again!

"Bernie Deitrick" wrote:

In H1, enter the formula

=VLOOKUP(C1,$B$1:$G:$8,6,False)

and copy to the right to cells I1:K1, then in L1, use =SUM(H1:K1)

Then copy H1:L1 down to H2:L8

HTH,
Bernie
MS Excel MVP


"BSweeney" wrote in message
...
I have a worksheet that has a set of values (numbers) in row G. I would like
to add those values but only if the values (which are letters) in row B match
letters that are in columns c through f. I will attempt to place an example
below this.


A B C D E F G H
1 TEAM A TA TB TC TD TE .5
2 TEAM B TB TC TD TB TE .2
3 TEAM C TC TD TB TF TG .1
4 TEAM D TD TE TG TH TB .7
5 TEAM E TE TF TB TC TH .3
6 TEAM F TF TG TA TB TD .3
7 TEAM G TG TH TC TD TA .4
8 TEAM H TH TA TD TE TF .6

So in this case, for Team A, they competed against Teams B, C, D and E. I
want to add the vales in Column G only for the teams that team A competed
against. I tried using the SumIf function, and write it something like this:

=sumif(c1:f1,b1:b8,g1:g8)

but that just returned a value of 0...

Is what I want to do possible? And if it is possible, how in the world
would I do this? Thanks in advance and I am sorry if this is too complicated
to read after I post it...