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Old 05-21-2011, 11:34 PM
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I want to use the second variable in the SUMIF formula to refer to the contents of a cell rather than a string. So, something like this:

SUMIF(C15:C45,T10,F15:F45)

Where the T10 in the formula refers to the contents of a cell that contains a text string that I want to use as the comparison. I feel that I ought to be able to do this, but cannot find the right syntax.

Can anyone help?
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Try:
=SUMPRODUCT((C15:C45=T10)*(F15:F45))
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Hi,
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I want to use the second variable in the SUMIF formula to refer to the contents of a cell rather thyan a string.
Suppose your condition is ">100", so if it was in the formula it would look like this:
Code:
=SUMIF(C15:C45,">100",F15:F45)
You could then put 100 in T10 and reference it like this:
Code:
=SUMIF(C15:C45,">"&T10,F15:F45)
In my experience, that's what most people do.

If you want the > operator in cell T10 too, then you would put this in T10:
Code:
=">100"
And then your formula would be
Code:
=SUMIF(C15:C45,T10,F15:F45)
If you want to see more examples, here's a tutorial I wrote on SUMIF.
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Colin

Thank you - the comparison I was trying to do was not mathmatical but textual (i.e. sum if the comparison cell was 'Microsoft'). Thus the ">" (or rather I tried "=" didn't work. However, the article you supplied did help, and what finally worked was SUMIF(G15:G50,""&T15,H15:H50). T15 contained the text I wanted to compare with the array.

Thank you
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