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How to sumif adjacent cell is equal, blank or containing text in Excel?

Author: Siluvia Last Modified: 2024-08-27

While using Microsoft Excel, you may need to sum values where the adjacent cell equals a criterion in a certain range, or sum the values where the adjacent cell is blank or containing text. In this tutorial, we will provide you with formulas to deal with these problems.

Sumif adjacent cell equals a criterion in Excel
Sumif adjacent cell is blank in Excel
Sumif adjacent cell containing text in Excel

Sumif adjacent cell equals a criterion in Excel

As below screenshot shows, you need to sum all prices of the Beef. Please do as follows.

a screenshot of the original data range

1. Specify a cell for displaying the result.

2. Copy and paste the formula =SUM(IF(A4:E10=A13, B4:F10, 0)) into the Formula Bar, and then press Ctrl + Shift +Enter keys simultaneously to get the result.

a screenshot of using formula to sum values based on adjacent cells that are equal a criterion

Note: In the formula, A4:E10 is the data range which contains the specific criteria you need, A13 is the criteria that you want to sum the cells based on, and B4:F10 is the range which has the values you want to sum. . Please change the range based on your own data.

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Sumif adjacent cell is blank in Excel

For example, you have a range A2:B7 and you just need to sum the values where the adjacent cells are blank. See screenshot below. You need to do as follows.

a screenshot of the original data range with blank cells in the adjacent column

1. Select a blank cell to display the result. Copy and paste the formula =SUM(IF(ISBLANK(B2:B7),A2:A7,0)) (B2:B7 is the data range which contains the blank cells, and A2:A7 is the data you want to sum) into the Formula Bar, then press Ctrl + Shift + Enter keys at the same time to get the result.

a screenshot of using formula to sum values based on adjacent cells that are blank

Then you can see all values where the adjacent cells are blank are summed and displayed in the specified cell.

Sumif adjacent cell containing text in Excel

The above method helps you sum values where the adjacent cell is blank in a certain range. In this section, you will learn how to sum values where the adjacent cells contain texts in Excel.

Just use the same example as above method shown.

1. Select a blank cell, copy and paste the formula =SUMIF(B2:B7,"<>"&"",A2:A7) ( B2:B7 is the data range which contains the text cells, and A2:A7 is the data you want to sum) into the Formula Bar, then press Ctrl + Shift + Enter keys.

You will see all values where the adjacent cells contain texts are summed and displayed in the selected cell.

a screenshot of using formula to sum values based on adjacent cells that contain text

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