I have a column (C) that contains several part numbers (which are comprised
of text and numbers). I want to sum all the occurences of "RY..." cells,
excluding those which end with "...GBMK".

Is there an easy way to do this?

Try something like this:

With a list in A1:A10

B1: =COUNTIF(A1:A10,"RY*")-COUNTIF(A1:A10,"RY*GMBK")

Does that help?

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Regards,
Ron

XL2002, WinXP-Pro


"djDaemon" wrote:

I have a column (C) that contains several part numbers (which are comprised
of text and numbers). I want to sum all the occurences of "RY..." cells,
excluding those which end with "...GBMK".

Is there an easy way to do this?

With below table as sample for a1 thru b5 (and c1 with the following formula:
=SUMPRODUCT(--(LEFT(A1:A5,2)="ry"),--(RIGHT(A1:A5,4)<"gbmk"),--(B1:B5))

ry4355 6 31
ry453 7
ry346gbmk 8
fr5tgbmk 9
ry4543sf 10


hth,
Dave
"djDaemon" wrote:

I have a column (C) that contains several part numbers (which are comprised
of text and numbers). I want to sum all the occurences of "RY..." cells,
excluding those which end with "...GBMK".

Is there an easy way to do this?

Thank you both for your help!