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Sumproduct with a wildcard condition
Dear community,
I'm struggling with a formula where I want to use a wildcard condition to sum and multiply values if the corresponding month is mentioned. In other words, for January, I want to wildcard *Jan*, for February it's *Feb* and so on.
I've been using the formula below, but the wildcard doesn't seem to work at all, so I'm figuring I'm doing something wrong. I have verified the formula without the wildcards without issues.
=SUMPRODUCT(--(N18:N22="*Jan*"),K18:K22,L18:L22)
The output for the above formula ought to be 80, but Excel's output is 0.
Is it possible to use wildcards in this scenario, or is it a better/another way to solve it?
Thanks in advance
/Q
Without a helper column:
=SUMPRODUCT(--ISNUMBER(FIND("Jan",N18:N22)),K18:K22,L18:L22)
Corrected typo
8 Replies
Without a helper column:
=SUMPRODUCT(--ISNUMBER(FIND("Jan",N18:N22)),K18:K22,L18:L22)
Corrected typo
- HansVogelaar,
Did some error searching and it worked like a charm when I removed the comma before "Jan". Thank you!
SergeiBaklan,
Neat, that's one clean formula. I'm amazed by how simple some things are with the right knowledge and formulas. Very nice indeed!
=SUMPRODUCT(--ISNUMBER(FIND("Jan",N18:N22)),K18:K22,L18:L22)I have corrected my previous reply. Thanks for pointing out the mistake!
- Hi,
Thank you for answer!
I figured there ought to be a way, although the formula don't seem to work for me. I still get a 0 in output. I'm using 365..
RegardsStrange. Please check in attached file.
- Solved it by adding a column and used SUMIF instead.
Thanks.
