formula too long

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How can I shorten this formula, I still need to add a few more variable
and everytime I try and add one I get the formula is too long error.

Thanks

=IF(AND(A16="DeKalb",D16="Ponch
250"),0)+IF(AND(A16="DeKalb",D16="Cruiser Ext
Pak"),0)+IF(AND(A16="Dekalb",D16="Cruise
CRW"),48)+IF(AND(A16="DeKalb",D16="Ponch
1250"),48)+IF(AND(A16="Asgrow",D16="Ponch
250"),0)+IF(AND(A16="Asgrow",D16="Cruiser Ext
Pak"),0)+IF(AND(A16="Asgrow",D16="Cruise
CRW"),48)+IF(AND(A16="Asgrow",D16="Ponch
1250"),48)+IF(AND(A16="Croplan",D16="Ponch
250"),0)+IF(AND(A16="Croplan",D16="Cruiser Ext
Pak"),0)+IF(AND(A16="Croplan",D16="Cruise
CRW"),48)+IF(AND(A16="Croplan",D16="Ponch
1250"),48)+IF(AND(A16="Northrup King",D16="Ponch
250"),16)+IF(AND(A16="Northrup King",D16="Cruiser Ext
Pak"),16)+IF(AND(A16="Northrup King",D16="Cruise
CRW"),48)+IF(AND(A16="Northrup King",D16="Ponch
1250"),48)+IF(AND(A16="Mycogen",D16="Ponch
250"),16)+IF(AND(A16="Mycogen",D16="Cruiser Ext
Pak"),16)+IF(AND(A16="Mycogen",D16="Cruise
CRW"),48)+IF(AND(A16="Mycogen",D16="Poncho 1250"),48
 
See attachment, hope it helps.

How can I shorten this formula, I still need to add a few more variable
and everytime I try and add one I get the formula is too long error.

Thanks

=IF(AND(A16="DeKalb",D16="Ponch
250"),0)+IF(AND(A16="DeKalb",D16="Cruiser Ext
Pak"),0)+IF(AND(A16="Dekalb",D16="Cruise
CRW"),48)+IF(AND(A16="DeKalb",D16="Ponch
1250"),48)+IF(AND(A16="Asgrow",D16="Ponch
250"),0)+IF(AND(A16="Asgrow",D16="Cruiser Ext
Pak"),0)+IF(AND(A16="Asgrow",D16="Cruise
CRW"),48)+IF(AND(A16="Asgrow",D16="Ponch
1250"),48)+IF(AND(A16="Croplan",D16="Ponch
250"),0)+IF(AND(A16="Croplan",D16="Cruiser Ext
Pak"),0)+IF(AND(A16="Croplan",D16="Cruise
CRW"),48)+IF(AND(A16="Croplan",D16="Ponch
1250"),48)+IF(AND(A16="Northrup King",D16="Ponch
250"),16)+IF(AND(A16="Northrup King",D16="Cruiser Ext
Pak"),16)+IF(AND(A16="Northrup King",D16="Cruise
CRW"),48)+IF(AND(A16="Northrup King",D16="Ponch
1250"),48)+IF(AND(A16="Mycogen",D16="Ponch
250"),16)+IF(AND(A16="Mycogen",D16="Cruiser Ext
Pak"),16)+IF(AND(A16="Mycogen",D16="Cruise
CRW"),48)+IF(AND(A16="Mycogen",D16="Poncho 1250"),48
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The error message is Excel's way of trying to tell you to give up the formula
and use VLOOKUP() instead.


Create a table with the text combinations going down column X and the values
going down column Z:

DeKalbPoncho250 0
....

The formula could then be =VLOOKUP(A16&D16,X1:Z20,2,0)

The advantage of this approach is that to make it 120 combinations instead
of 20 only requires making the table bigger and changing the formula to

=VLOOKUP(A16&D16,X1:Z120,2,0)
 
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