F forevercali Oct 14, 2008 #1 It is a simple yes/no question.. Can i use the sum if function with text? Or am i stuck with Look up? Thanks
It is a simple yes/no question.. Can i use the sum if function with text? Or am i stuck with Look up? Thanks
J John C Oct 14, 2008 #2 =SUMIF(A2:A8,"yes",B2:B8) will sum the values in B2:B8 if the text in A2:A8 is yes. Hope this helps.
J John C Oct 14, 2008 #4 You can't sum text, how would excel know how much "overdue"(etc.) equals out to? Perhaps if you give a sample data set of what you have, and describe in more detail what you are trying to calculate.
You can't sum text, how would excel know how much "overdue"(etc.) equals out to? Perhaps if you give a sample data set of what you have, and describe in more detail what you are trying to calculate.
R Reitanos Oct 14, 2008 #5 As John mentioned text has no actual "value," so it can't be summed. However, you can use the & operator to concatenate pieces of text (or numbers). =A1&B1&C1&D1 would get you TheQuickBrownFox if that text was in the indicated cells You can also add " " to get spaces: =A1&" "&B1&" "&C1&" "&D1 gets you The Quick Brown Fox
As John mentioned text has no actual "value," so it can't be summed. However, you can use the & operator to concatenate pieces of text (or numbers). =A1&B1&C1&D1 would get you TheQuickBrownFox if that text was in the indicated cells You can also add " " to get spaces: =A1&" "&B1&" "&C1&" "&D1 gets you The Quick Brown Fox
J JBoulton Oct 14, 2008 #6 And, if your text is numeric, you can change it into a value you can then sum using =VALUE("yourtext")
And, if your text is numeric, you can change it into a value you can then sum using =VALUE("yourtext")