I have 3 columns A, B, C. Column A has rows with either a blank cell, the
word "shift" or the word "hazard". Columns B & C have numbers. I want the
formula to look at a range in column A (A1:A20), and if a row has the word
shift, to multiply columns B & C for the same range. I tried the following
formula with no luck =IF(A1:A20="shift",SUMPRODUCT(B1:B20,C1:C20),0)
Obviously, not the correct formula for this situation. Any help would be
greatly apprectied!

Hi Jana
Not sure if this is what you want but try this
=SUMPRODUCT(--(A1:A20="SHIFT"),B1:B20,C1:C20)
HTH
John
"JANA" wrote in message
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I have 3 columns A, B, C. Column A has rows with either a blank cell, the
word "shift" or the word "hazard". Columns B & C have numbers. I want the
formula to look at a range in column A (A1:A20), and if a row has the word
shift, to multiply columns B & C for the same range. I tried the following
formula with no luck =IF(A1:A20="shift",SUMPRODUCT(B1:B20,C1:C20),0)
Obviously, not the correct formula for this situation. Any help would be
greatly apprectied!

Thank you, that worked. One more twist I want to see if excel can do. I
created Column A with just the word "shift" or "hazard", however it really
should have a labor category name with "- shift" or "- hazard" at the end.
Can the formula be changed so instead of searching for the word shift in the
column, to search for the word at the end of a sentence instead?

"John" wrote:

Hi Jana
Not sure if this is what you want but try this
=SUMPRODUCT(--(A1:A20="SHIFT"),B1:B20,C1:C20)
HTH
John
"JANA" wrote in message
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I have 3 columns A, B, C. Column A has rows with either a blank cell, the
word "shift" or the word "hazard". Columns B & C have numbers. I want the
formula to look at a range in column A (A1:A20), and if a row has the word
shift, to multiply columns B & C for the same range. I tried the following
formula with no luck =IF(A1:A20="shift",SUMPRODUCT(B1:B20,C1:C20),0)
Obviously, not the correct formula for this situation. Any help would be
greatly apprectied!

Hi,

Try this

=sumproduct((isnumber(search("Shift",A1:A20,1))*(B 1:B20)*(C1:C20))

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Regards,

Ashish Mathur
Microsoft Excel MVP
www.ashishmathur.com

"JANA" wrote in message
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Thank you, that worked. One more twist I want to see if excel can do. I
created Column A with just the word "shift" or "hazard", however it really
should have a labor category name with "- shift" or "- hazard" at the end.
Can the formula be changed so instead of searching for the word shift in
the
column, to search for the word at the end of a sentence instead?

"John" wrote:

Hi Jana
Not sure if this is what you want but try this
=SUMPRODUCT(--(A1:A20="SHIFT"),B1:B20,C1:C20)
HTH
John
"JANA" wrote in message
...
I have 3 columns A, B, C. Column A has rows with either a blank cell,
the
word "shift" or the word "hazard". Columns B & C have numbers. I want
the
formula to look at a range in column A (A1:A20), and if a row has the
word
shift, to multiply columns B & C for the same range. I tried the
following
formula with no luck =IF(A1:A20="shift",SUMPRODUCT(B1:B20,C1:C20),0)
Obviously, not the correct formula for this situation. Any help would
be
greatly apprectied!