sumif use
Hi,
I want to use sumif in the following way : SUMIF(purchases!O18:purchases!O500,"=b21",purchase s! Q18:purchases!Q500) and not : SUMIF(purchases!O18:purchases!O500,"=01960",purcha ses! Q18:purchases!Q500) in otherwords I want to use the value of the cell b21 to look up and not the typed in value ( 01960 ) can this be done ? thanks steve |
SUMIF(purchases!O18:purchases!O500,"="&B21,purchas es!Q18:purchases!Q500)
-- Regards - Andy Wiggins FCCA www.BygSoftware.com Excel, Access and VBA Consultancy "steve alcock" wrote in message ... Hi, I want to use sumif in the following way : SUMIF(purchases!O18:purchases!O500,"=b21",purchase s! Q18:purchases!Q500) and not : SUMIF(purchases!O18:purchases!O500,"=01960",purcha ses! Q18:purchases!Q500) in otherwords I want to use the value of the cell b21 to look up and not the typed in value ( 01960 ) can this be done ? thanks steve |
Hi Andy,
many thanks it works a treat regards steve -----Original Message----- SUMIF(purchases!O18:purchases!O500,"="&B21,purcha ses! Q18:purchases!Q500) -- Regards - Andy Wiggins FCCA www.BygSoftware.com Excel, Access and VBA Consultancy "steve alcock" wrote in message ... Hi, I want to use sumif in the following way : SUMIF(purchases!O18:purchases!O500,"=b21",purchase s! Q18:purchases!Q500) and not : SUMIF(purchases!O18:purchases!O500,"=01960",purcha ses! Q18:purchases!Q500) in otherwords I want to use the value of the cell b21 to look up and not the typed in value ( 01960 ) can this be done ? thanks steve . |
Why not
=SUMIF(purchases!O18:purchases!O500,B21,purchases! Q18:purchases!Q500) ? Regareds "steve alcock" wrote in message ... Hi Andy, many thanks it works a treat regards steve -----Original Message----- SUMIF(purchases!O18:purchases!O500,"="&B21,purch ases! Q18:purchases!Q500) -- Regards - Andy Wiggins FCCA www.BygSoftware.com Excel, Access and VBA Consultancy "steve alcock" wrote in message ... Hi, I want to use sumif in the following way : SUMIF(purchases!O18:purchases!O500,"=b21",purchase s! Q18:purchases!Q500) and not : SUMIF(purchases!O18:purchases!O500,"=01960",purcha ses! Q18:purchases!Q500) in otherwords I want to use the value of the cell b21 to look up and not the typed in value ( 01960 ) can this be done ? thanks steve . |
As a pedagogical exercise???
The OP could see how to change the formula to look for greater than (or any other comparison operator). Just my guess. Alan wrote: Why not =SUMIF(purchases!O18:purchases!O500,B21,purchases! Q18:purchases!Q500) ? Regareds "steve alcock" wrote in message ... Hi Andy, many thanks it works a treat regards steve -----Original Message----- SUMIF(purchases!O18:purchases!O500,"="&B21,purch ases! Q18:purchases!Q500) -- Regards - Andy Wiggins FCCA www.BygSoftware.com Excel, Access and VBA Consultancy "steve alcock" wrote in message ... Hi, I want to use sumif in the following way : SUMIF(purchases!O18:purchases!O500,"=b21",purchase s! Q18:purchases!Q500) and not : SUMIF(purchases!O18:purchases!O500,"=01960",purcha ses! Q18:purchases!Q500) in otherwords I want to use the value of the cell b21 to look up and not the typed in value ( 01960 ) can this be done ? thanks steve . -- Dave Peterson |
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