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    Solved: Sum values associated with keywords inside cell

    I have a spreadsheet in which I need to do something unusual.

    The setup:
    Each cell will contain a list of keywords. Each keyword is worth a specific value (1-4). A cell may contain any number of keywords in any order, however each keyword only repeats once.

    Data sheet
    source value
    Bob 1
    Mary 3
    Hill 2
    Brown 4

    Results sheet
    input value list value sum
    Phil,Bob,Brown


    Part1 :Getting a list that transposes the words in the cell to a list of associated values.

    In the results sheet I expect the value list to return 1, 2, 4

    I've done this 2 ways but I feel both are ugly and nonuser friendly, would be great if someone had a better/simpler way to do this.

    These work but are ugly:
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    Part2 : Sum up the associated values for every word in the cell.

    [S]I've looked at sumifs and sumproduct but I couldn't get this to work! [/S]

    [Formula]
    =SUMPRODUCT(--ISNUMBER(SEARCH(Data!A2:A5,A2)),Data!B2:B5)[formula]


    Note: I have an example spreadsheet but the upload isn't working.
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    Re: Sum values associated with keywords inside cell

    Please follow the instructions at the top of the page in the yellow banner for uploading a sample file with mocked-up solutions.

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    Re: Sum values associated with keywords inside cell

    I think the upload is being blocked by done kind of security. The info advice should be enough for a potential answer though.

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    Re: Sum values associated with keywords inside cell

    Please try again. Follow the instructions carefully and you should be able to upload a file.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gregb11 View Post
    Please try again. Follow the instructions carefully and you should be able to upload a file.
    The solution is :

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