SUMIF with area that is not a range

[lwsnbaker]

I am trying to sumif cells that are not consecutive.

Here is what I have so far
=IF((I8,Q8,Y8,AG8,AO8,AW8,BE8,BM8,BU8,CC8,CK8,CS8,DA8,DI8),"paid",(I8+Q8+Y8+AG8+AO8+AW8+BE8+BM8+BU8+CC8+CK8+CS8+DA8+DI8))

These cells need a sum:
I8,Q8,Y8,AG8,AO8,AW8,BE8,BM8,BU8,CC8,CK8,CS8,DA8,DI8

if "paid"

 

[Glenn]

I am trying to sumif cells that are not consecutive.

Here is what I have so far:
=IF((I8,Q8,Y8,AG8,AO8,AW8,BE8,BM8,BU8,CC8,CK8,CS8,DA8,DI8),"paid",(I8+Q8+Y8+AG8+AO8+AW8+BE8+BM8+BU8+CC8+CK8+CS8+DA8+DI8))

These cells need a sum:
I8,Q8,Y8,AG8,AO8,AW8,BE8,BM8,BU8,CC8,CK8,CS8,DA8,DI8

if "paid"

The cells can't be summed if the contain "paid".

 

[Luke M]

As Glenn said, you can't SUM things with text, but in case you really wanted
to Count, you can do this:
=SUMPRODUCT(--(NOT(MOD(COLUMN(I8I8)-1,8))),--(I8I8="paid"))

If your summed values are really in another row, something like:
=SUMPRODUCT(--(NOT(MOD(COLUMN(I8I8)-1,8))),--(I8I8="paid"),(I10I10))