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

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.

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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:

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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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Sneha
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Hello, Thank for super post. I had was able to solve few issues with it. I still have one issue isuse- I am unable to sum up if there is a number in condition column say "=SUMIF(B9:B2414;"85*";E9:E2414)" where B can contains values like "ABC", "851", "865", "LUX",etc.
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Cyril
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Hello !
Thank you for this tuto.

Is it possible to sum numbers included in cells if those cells also include a specific word ?

For example :
"car 2"
"house 1"
"dog 7"
"plate 3"
"screen 4"
"horse 2"
"battery 9"
"floor 1"
"river 2"
"plane 0"
"butterfly 7"
"horse 1"
"plate 0"
"house 12"

Formula to find total of house ?
Answer in this examle is 13

"house 1" is the content of one cell. I can't transfer the content in to different cells.
Thank you for your help.

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jodamo5
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Thanks for this. I found both techniques shown work, EXCEPT that the filter and regex method returns an N/A error if there are not matches to the filter. So when I have a number of these formulas in a column and then sum the total, using that method causes the sum to return N/A and therefore the totals to break.  However using the sumif and *KTE* method returns a sum of 0 if there are no results, so the summing of totals still works. 
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MandyZhou
MandyZhou     jodamo5
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Hello jodamo5,I get your point. Indeed, the filter and regex method returns an #N/A error when there are no matches to filter. Therefore, I recommend the sumif method. Thanks for your notice. Your support means a lot to us. Have a great day.Sincerely,Mandy
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Adam Entler
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Hey,
If I want to sum based on one of TWO specific text strains: Ex - "KTE" OR "ABC", would that be possible?
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skyyang
skyyang     Adam Entler
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Hello, Adam,To sum the values based on more specifc text, any of the following formulas can do you a favor.=SUMIF(A2:A7, "*KTE*", B2:B7)+SUMIF(A2:A7, "*ABC*", B2:B7)
=sum(filter(B2:B7, regexmatch(A2:A7, "KTE")))+sum(filter(B2:B7, regexmatch(A2:A7, "ABC")))
please try, hope it can help you!
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Sunith
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Hi,

the sum if formular is really useful. However, do you know how to make the text string dynamic (meaning referring to a cell)?

E.g. "*KTE*" replaced with something like C2 if the text string is in column C already.

=sumif(A2:A9,"*KTE*",B2:B9).
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skyyang
skyyang     Sunith
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Hi, Sunith,
To replace the specific text with cell reference, please apply the below formula, change the cell C2 to your need.
=sumif(A2:A9,"*"&C2&"*",B2:B9)

Please try, thank you!
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Sunith Fernando
Sunith Fernando     skyyang
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It works - thank you!
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