Summing values in a range against specific text

[starguy]

i have two columns. col A has customer name and col B has amount o
sales.

A B
aa 10
bb 15
aa 12
ff 08
bb 12
aa 10

i want to have total of sales for each customer. col A has man
customers which appear many time in col A.
how can i have individual totals.

thank

 

[via135]

hi!
=sumif(A:A,"aa",B:B)

or

=sumif(A:A,C1,B:B)

assuming that the customer name is in C1

-via135

 

[starguy]

thank you its helpful