sum values on a culumn based on cretiria from another column

Hi, i have 2 columns, the first one is a text column, the second is a number column, i would like to sum all values to the second column that the text in the first column beggins from specific characters

Well, your description is very general - it is better to refer to specific cells/columns/rows so that we can give you a proposal to suit the layout of your data.

You should be able to use SUMIF for this. The general syntax for you will be:

=SUMIF( criteria_range ; criteria ; sum_range)

Hope this helps.

Pete

Note that you can use wildcard characters with SUMIF, so if you just wanted to look for the first 3 characters, for example "abc", then your criteria would be:

"abc*"

Hope this helps.

Pete

I thing it doesn't work because the first 3 characters of a text looks like number (is 123)

It is like 123456 10
123567 20
124444 30

And i use formula sumif(A:A,left(A1,3),B:B)

Sorry...

It is like

123456 10
123567 20
124444 30

And i use formula sumif(A:A,left(A1,3),B:B)

Attach a sample workbook - you can find details of how to do this in the yellow banner at the top of the screen.

Pete

You must include the asterisk, like this:

sumif(A:A,left(A1,3)&"*",B:B)

Hope this helps.

Pete

Act upon my comments in post #7, then.

Pete

Think that i have already done it, realy don't know how it works with attachments
Please note that Greek excel uses ";" instead of ","
Regards

D1=sumproduct((left(a1:a3,3)+0=123)*(b1:b3))

Here's another approach for D1:

=SUMPRODUCT(--(INT(A$1:A$3/1000)&""=LEFT(A1;3));B$1:B$3)

You can't use wildcards with numbers, and you can't manipulate the criteria_range within SUMIF, so you need to use SUMPRODUCT.

Hope this helps.

Pete

Originally Posted by CARACALLA

D1=sumproduct((left(a1:a3,3)+0=123)*(b1:b3))

It works, THANKS you are superman

Originally Posted by Pete_UK

Here's another approach for D1:

=SUMPRODUCT(--(INT(A$1:A$3/1000)&""=LEFT(A1;3));B$1:B$3)

You can't use wildcards with numbers, and you can't manipulate the criteria_range within SUMIF, so you need to use SUMPRODUCT.

Hope this helps.

Pete

Pete thanks it works as well...
Best Regards

Glad we finally got there - hopefully you can now see the advantages of attaching a sample workbook.

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