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How to sumif cells if contains part of text string in Goolge sheets? 

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To sum cell values in a column if another column cells contain a part of specific text string as following screenshot shown, this article will introduce some useful formula to solve this task in Google sheets.

a screenshot showing the original data and the summing result

Sumif cells if contains part of specific text string in Google sheets with formulas

Sumif cells if contains part of specific text string in Google sheets with formulas

The following formulas can help you to sum cell values if another column cells contain specific text string, please do as this:

1. Enter this formula: =sum(filter(B2:B9, regexmatch(A2:A9, "KTE"))) into a blank cell, and then press Enter key to get the result, see screenshot:

a screenshot of using the formula to sum cells with partial text matching

Notes:

1. In the above formula: B2:B9 is the cell values that you want to sum, A2:A9 is the range contains the specific text string, “KTE” is the specific text you want to sum based on, please change them to your need.

2. Here is another formula also can help you: =sumif(A2:A9,"*KTE*",B2:B9).

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