Hi,

I would like to have the sum of cloumn 'C' in the attached file.
An IF function is used to derive column C.
=SUM ( C1:C21) is not giving the result.
Please help me.

Jeevan

I cannot see your attachment here.
Do you have any error indications in C1:C21? Such as #DIV/0 or #NA, #VALUE
or others beginning with #?
Those will prevent the SUM() from returning the sum. You would have to
correct or eliminate such errors before the SUM() will return the correct
result.

IF you do have such error indications, please show us the formula being used
in the cell and tell us what the error indication is. We may be able to help
rewrite the formula so that your SUM() works properly.

Probably a good idea to simply show us an example of the IF() statements
anyhow.

"Vinay Vasu" wrote:

Hi,

I would like to have the sum of cloumn 'C' in the attached file.
An IF function is used to derive column C.
=SUM ( C1:C21) is not giving the result.
Please help me.

Jeevan

Take out the "1", etc so you will have NUMBERS

--
Don Guillett
Microsoft MVP Excel
SalesAid Software

"Vinay Vasu" wrote in message
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Hi,

I would like to have the sum of cloumn 'C' in the attached file.
An IF function is used to derive column C.
=SUM ( C1:C21) is not giving the result.
Please help me.

Jeevan

"Vinay Vasu" wrote:
I would like to have the sum of cloumn 'C' in the
attached file.

Many people cannot see an attachment because of the news interface that they
use. This includes users of Google Groups and the MS Discussion Groups web
interface.

Your worksheet is simple enough to describe.


An IF function is used to derive column C.
=SUM ( C1:C21) is not giving the result.

In column C, you have formulas of the form:

=IF(B2=A2,"1",IF(B2=0,"0",IF(B2<A2,"-0.25")))

The root cause of your problem is: the IF expression should return numbers
(1, 0, -0.25), not text ("1", "0", "-0.25"). You should write:

=IF(B2=A2,1,IF(B2=0,0,IF(B2<A2,-0.25)))

Note: The formula can be simplified to:

=IF(B2=A2,1,IF(B2=0,0,-0.25))

Also, when A2 is zero, does that give you the intended result: 1, not 0?

I wonder if you really want:

=IF(B2=0,0,IF(B2=A2,1,-0.25))


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"Vinay Vasu" wrote in message
...
Hi,

I would like to have the sum of cloumn 'C' in the attached file.
An IF function is used to derive column C.
=SUM ( C1:C21) is not giving the result.
Please help me.

Jeevan

Thanks a lot.

It worked well.

Jeevan

"Joe User" <joeu2004 wrote in message
...
"Vinay Vasu" wrote:
I would like to have the sum of cloumn 'C' in the
attached file.

Many people cannot see an attachment because of the news interface that
they use. This includes users of Google Groups and the MS Discussion
Groups web interface.

Your worksheet is simple enough to describe.


An IF function is used to derive column C.
=SUM ( C1:C21) is not giving the result.

In column C, you have formulas of the form:

=IF(B2=A2,"1",IF(B2=0,"0",IF(B2<A2,"-0.25")))

The root cause of your problem is: the IF expression should return
numbers (1, 0, -0.25), not text ("1", "0", "-0.25"). You should write:

=IF(B2=A2,1,IF(B2=0,0,IF(B2<A2,-0.25)))

Note: The formula can be simplified to:

=IF(B2=A2,1,IF(B2=0,0,-0.25))

Also, when A2 is zero, does that give you the intended result: 1, not 0?

I wonder if you really want:

=IF(B2=0,0,IF(B2=A2,1,-0.25))


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"Vinay Vasu" wrote in message
...
Hi,

I would like to have the sum of cloumn 'C' in the attached file.
An IF function is used to derive column C.
=SUM ( C1:C21) is not giving the result.
Please help me.

Jeevan

Hello! I think it would be so much easier to use the SUMIF Function in excel for a conditional sum of values.

The way to use SUMIF is:

=SUMIF(range, criteria, sum_range)

range - range of where you will check the critiera
criteria - the condition where you will check whether to add the value
sum range - the range to be summed based on the condition


So it will easily add all values based on the condition you set. Hope this helps!