How to sum values based on text criteria in Excel?
In Excel, have you ever tried to sum values based on another column of text criteria? For example, I have a range of data in worksheet as following screenshot shown, now, I want to add up all the numbers in column B corresponding with the text values in column A that meet a certain criterion, such as sum the numbers if the cells in column A contains KTE.
Sum the values based on another column if contains certain text
Let’s take the above data for example, to add all the values together which contains the text “KTE” in column A, the following formula may help you:
Please enter this formula =SUMIF(A2:A6,"*KTE*",B2:B6) into a blank cell, and press Enter key, then all the numbers in column B where the corresponding cell in column A contains text “KTE” will add up. See screenshots:
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Tip: In the above formula, A2:A6 is the data range which you add the values based on, *KTE* stands for the criteria you need, and B2:B6 is the range you want to sum.
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Sum the values based on another column if starts with certain text
If you just want to sum the cell values in column B where the corresponding cell in column A which text starts with “KTE”, you can apply this formula: =SUMIF(A2:A6,"KTE*",B2:B6), see screenshots:
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Tip: In the above formula, A2:A6 is the data range which you add the values based on, KTE* stands for the criterion you need, and B2:B6 is the range you want to sum.
Sum the values based on another column if ends with certain text
To add up all the values in column B where the corresponding cell in column A which text ends with “KTE”, this formula can do you a favor: =SUMIF(A2:A6,"*KTE",B2:B6), (A2:A6 is the data range which you add the values based on, KTE* stands for the criterion you need, and B2:B6 is the range you want to sum)see screenshots:
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Sum the values based on another column if only is certain text
If you just want to sum the values in column B which corresponding cell content only is “KTE” of column A, please use this formula: =SUMIF(A2:A6,"KTE",B2:B6), (A2:A6 is the data range which you add the values based on, KTE stands for the criterion you need, and B2:B6 is the range you want to sum) and then only the text is “KTE” in column A which relative number in column B will add up, see screenshots:
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