Sum Up Cells That Contain The Letter "D" - Not SUMIF

[fun2excel4money]

Hello All,

I have a simple data set with two columns shown below. The first column contains an amount. The second column has a corresponding value that can either be "D", "R", "S", or any combination of the three letters. I am looking for a formula that can sum up the values where the second column contains a "D". I am trying to avoid CSE.


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1	D
2	D
3	D
4	D
5	D
6	D
7	S
8	S
9	SD
10	DSR
11	R
12	R
13	DSR
14	D
15	S
16	R
17	S

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Based on a regular sum, the total should be 67. I am currently using this formula: <style type="text/css">p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Lucida Grande'; color: #000000}</style>SUMPRODUCT((IFERROR(IF(SEARCH("d",B1:B17)>0,1,0),0)*A1:A17). This provides me a number of 153. If I use CSE, the amount populates to 67. I believe I have to use CSE because of the array in the search. If there is a similar solution without the use of CSE, I would love to know. Thank you very much in advance for your help!

 

[MARK858]

Why does SUMIF not work (see below)?

Excel 2010
	A	B	C	D
1	1	D		67
2	2	D
3	3	D
4	4	D
5	5	D
6	6	D
7	7	S
8	8	S
9	9	SD
10	10	DSR
11	11	R
12	12	R
13	13	DSR
14	14	D
15	15	S
16	16	R
17	17	S
Sheet3

Cell Formulas
Range	Formula
D1	=SUMIF(B1:B17,"*D*",A1:A17)

 

[jtakw]

Hi,

Modified SUMPRODUCT formula:

Book1
	A	B	C	D
1	1	D		67
2	2	D
3	3	D
4	4	D
5	5	D
6	6	D
7	7	S
8	8	S
9	9	SD
10	10	DSR
11	11	R
12	12	R
13	13	DSR
14	14	D
15	15	S
16	16	R
17	17	S
Sheet36

Cell Formulas
Range	Formula
D1	=SUMPRODUCT((ISNUMBER(SEARCH("D",B1:B17))*A1:A17))

 

[fun2excel4money]

I see what you did. Do the asterisks mean "contain"?

 

[jtakw]

I see what you did. Do the asterisks mean "contain"?

Wildcard.

 

[MARK858]

They are wildcards meaning any character,

 

[fun2excel4money]

Awesome! Thanks for both solutions :D. Added more to the arsenal!

 

[jtakw]

You're welcome, thought you had some kind of reason for not using SUMIF since you had it in the thread Title. Mark's SUMIF is better than using SUMPRODUCT.