to search for a string and affect data if it finds the string?

I would like to say:

if H17 is equal to any cells between H11 and H16 then add the corresponding
I value to I17.

One guess ..

Put in I17: =SUMIF(H11:H16,H17,I11:I16)
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"Shwaman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I would like to say:
>
> if H17 is equal to any cells between H11 and H16 then add the
corresponding
> I value to I17.