Re: sumif criteria

Could it be that the values in column C aren't really numbers.

If you format the column as General, then retype a few entries, does your
formula evaluate better?

If it does, you could continue to fix them manually or use a macro from David
McRitchie:
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/join.htm#trimall
(look for "Sub Trimall()"

DOE wrote:
>
> Using Excel 2000, I developed a grid incorporating +, -, words and values.
> The abbreviated grid looks like this:
> B C
> 3 Average 1
> 4 + 2
> 5 + 3
> 6 - 4
> 7 + 5
> 8 + 6
> 9 + 7
> 10 Average 8
> 11 - 9
> 12 - 10
> 13 - 11
> 14 + 12
> 15 - 13
> 16 - 14
> 17 Average 15
>
> In cell B19, I set up the following formula: =SUMIF(B3:B17,"+",C3:C17).
> Instead of returning the expected result of 35, the value was 12 (value in
> B14). I even tried replacing all of the +'s and -'s (using letters) but the
> formual result was 0 instead of 35. What went wrong? Thanks for any help!

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Dave Peterson
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