On 1 December 2017 at 13:25, Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
<[email protected]> wrote:
> I have two adjacent columns where the first contains text and the second
> contains 9 digit numbers both above and below zero.
>
> I would like to SUM the contents of the second column provided it meets two
> criteria, namely that the first column contains a certain text string and the
> number corresponding to that text string in the second column is greater than
> zero.
>
> I have tried SUMIFS, AND with SUMIF and Vlookup but cannot seem to get the
> formula correct i.e. the error seems to always be that there is a missing
> operator in the string yet checking back I see all commas are in the right
> places. I am placing the text to search for in quotation marks as well as the
> "0<" or "0>"
Assuming labels are in A1:A30, values in B1:B30
=SUMIFS(B1:B30,A1:A30,"=<text>",B1:B30,">0")
replace <text> with the 'certain text string'
----- unless you are looking for a text string within the contents of
the cells with text. That would be more complicated. I'd go for a (if
necessary, hidden) column:
Assuming original labels in A1:A30, values in C1:C30
cell B1 formula: =LEN(IF(ISERR(FIND("<text to look for>",A1)),"",A1))
<-- formula copied through B30
then
=SUMIFS(D1:D30,B1:B30,">0",D1:D30,">0")
Let me know if that helps.
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T. R. Valentine
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