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How to SUM entire column, but only when adjacent cell is not empty
I know, this is kinda cheesy, but seems to work - I'm just missing the right
criteria. I have a column of data that continues to grow, so I need to sum the entire thing just using C:C. However, the catch is, I want this sum total to be in the same column, but at the top. This of course causes a circular ref error. In column B is data that goes with the neighboring cell in column C. So, I want to use =SUMIF(B:B, not-sure-of-criteria ,C:C), but cannot find the correct criteria to say that if B contains anything, then add the C data. To avoid the circular reference, I just make sure that the B cell next to my sum-formula cell in C is blank. :-) I know this is probably easy, but I'm having troubles searching for the right thing, so hence not finding my answer. |
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How to SUM entire column, but only when adjacent cell is not empty
If you wanted to use =sumif() to sum the values in column C if column B did not
contain ASDF, you could use a formula like: =sumif(b:b,""&"asdf",c:c) So I could change that "asdf" to "" to check for non-empty: =sumif(b:b,""&"",c:c) or more simply =sumif(b:b,"",c:c) It's kind of like adding 0 to a value: 3+0 and 3 represent the same number. But I think you're going to have the same circular reference error. I'd just use this formula in C1: =sum(c2:c65536) (or whatever the number of rows you have in the version of excel you're using) SteveDJ wrote: I know, this is kinda cheesy, but seems to work - I'm just missing the right criteria. I have a column of data that continues to grow, so I need to sum the entire thing just using C:C. However, the catch is, I want this sum total to be in the same column, but at the top. This of course causes a circular ref error. In column B is data that goes with the neighboring cell in column C. So, I want to use =SUMIF(B:B, not-sure-of-criteria ,C:C), but cannot find the correct criteria to say that if B contains anything, then add the C data. To avoid the circular reference, I just make sure that the B cell next to my sum-formula cell in C is blank. :-) I know this is probably easy, but I'm having troubles searching for the right thing, so hence not finding my answer. -- Dave Peterson |
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How to SUM entire column, but only when adjacent cell is not empty
=SUMIF(B:B,"",C:C)
-- Best Regards, Luke M "SteveDJ" wrote in message ... I know, this is kinda cheesy, but seems to work - I'm just missing the right criteria. I have a column of data that continues to grow, so I need to sum the entire thing just using C:C. However, the catch is, I want this sum total to be in the same column, but at the top. This of course causes a circular ref error. In column B is data that goes with the neighboring cell in column C. So, I want to use =SUMIF(B:B, not-sure-of-criteria ,C:C), but cannot find the correct criteria to say that if B contains anything, then add the C data. To avoid the circular reference, I just make sure that the B cell next to my sum-formula cell in C is blank. :-) I know this is probably easy, but I'm having troubles searching for the right thing, so hence not finding my answer. |
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How to SUM entire column, but only when adjacent cell is not empty
I'd keep it simple, just use In A1: =SUM(A2:A65536)
-- Max Singapore --- "SteveDJ" wrote: I know, this is kinda cheesy, but seems to work - I'm just missing the right criteria. I have a column of data that continues to grow, so I need to sum the entire thing just using C:C. However, the catch is, I want this sum total to be in the same column, but at the top. This of course causes a circular ref error. In column B is data that goes with the neighboring cell in column C. So, I want to use =SUMIF(B:B, not-sure-of-criteria ,C:C), but cannot find the correct criteria to say that if B contains anything, then add the C data. To avoid the circular reference, I just make sure that the B cell next to my sum-formula cell in C is blank. :-) I know this is probably easy, but I'm having troubles searching for the right thing, so hence not finding my answer. |
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