Referencing text from another cell for criteria in functions
I know how to enter text as a criteria, but am looking for a way around
manually editing the text when doing multiple functions. Example: I give out different kinds of fruit to my students each day and enter the amounts of each type into a spreadsheet daily. I want to add up how many of each fruit were distributed. Column A holds fruit names, column B holds quantities, and column D holds a list of all the types of fruit. I would like to add totals for each type in column E. I could enter =SUMIF(A:A,"=fruitname",B:B) for each fruit in my list, but I'd have to delete 'fruitname' and enter in each new fruit. How would I write a function for "If any cells in column A equals the text in cell D2, add the number of the corresponding cells in column B and enter the sum in cell E2." |
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