adding summed cells in a conditional sumif

[Guest]

I would like the sumif statment to add the values in cells that are generated
by the sum formula.
I am using the following conditional if statement:
=SUM(IF($A$27:$A$38=P27,$L$27:$L$38,0)

Cells in column L add up other cells in column K to come up with a value.
However, the sumif statement does not give me the correct answer. It gives me
the total of that column instead of adding the corresponding values in the
cell that match cell P27.

P L Value of cell L column A28 is
2003
2003 =sum(k1:k5) 50
2003 =sum(k8:k17) 80
2004 =sum(k18:k22) 20

Instead of giving me an answer of 130 I get 150.

 

[Guest]

It works now. I forgot the cntrl+shift+enter when I edited the formula. Duh!

Sorry.

 

[Peo Sjoblom]

It's nothing wrong with the formula per se although it is probably better to
use

=SUMPRODUCT(--($A$27:$A$38=P27),$L$27:$L$38)

which you can enter normally, regardless it must be something wrong with
your criteria
your table makes no sense. what is in A27:A38?

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Regards,

Peo Sjoblom

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[Dave Peterson]

And how about just plain old =sumif()

=SUMIF($A$27:$A$38,P27,$L$27:$L$38)

 

[Guest]

Column A includes years that the critiria in P has to match.
Thanks for your answer.

 

[Guest]

That works fine too. Thanks

And how about just plain old =sumif()

=SUMIF($A$27:$A$38,P27,$L$27:$L$38)