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    Finding percentages for paticular data

    What function in Excel would I use to find the percentage of a particular type of data from a report? I am just learning so please bare with

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    Re: Finding percentages for paticular data

    probably SUMIF and SUM
    like
    =SUMIF(A:A,"particulartype",B:B)/SUM(B:B)
    and format it as percent
    or
    =100*SUMIF(A:A,"particulartype",B:B)/SUM(B:B)
    to have number being percent (first method is strongly suggested, but second is also quite common).
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    Re: Finding percentages for paticular data

    What type of data are we talking about?
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