On Fri, 2006-01-13 at 23:52 +0100, Cor Nouws wrote:
> Hi Dennis,
> 
> Dennis Marks wrote:
> 
> > Is this possible with a function or a feature of Calc. I have a spreadsheet 
> > as follows:
> > 
> > COL1                   COL2
> > AAAAA               value
> > BBBBB                value
> > CCCCC               value
> > AAAAA                value
> > BBBBB                 value
> > CCCCC                 value
> > etc
> > 
> > I would like a sum of value in col2 ONLY when item in column 1 is a 
> > specific 
> > value. For example what is the sum of the values where col1 is equal to 
> > BBBBBB? I can't sort it and there can be a variable number of records.
> > 
> > To be more specific I have payroll records for each employee. I would like 
> > to sum records only for a specific date.
> 
> I would suggest:
> - target value in lets say D1
> - in Col3: IF(A1=$D$1;B2;"")
> - and under Col3 the sum

I would think that the SUMIF() function would be ideal for this problem.

Regards
Jonathon
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