From: Dave Peterson on
I could have used:
=a1+b1
will fail if either contains non-numeric data (just to be consistent with the
=sum()).

Dave Peterson wrote:
>
> I'm guessing that you have some non-numeric entry in column D.
>
> =sum(a1:b1)
> will ignore text entries
>
> But using multiplication
> =a1*b1
> will result in a #value! error.
>
> Seanie wrote:
> >
> > I tried below, which should just return all "Londons" Sales of 18,20,
> > 32 etc etc, but I get a #Value
> >
> > =SUM(SUMPRODUCT(('Sales Mix'!A:A="London")*('Sales Mix'!
> > B:B={18,20,32,140,172,208,212,500,99,204,203})*'Sales Mix'!D:D))
> >
> > This formula below gives me the correct total sales I'm after in all
> > Areas
> >
> > =SUM(SUMIF('Sales Mix'!B:B,
> > {18,20,32,140,172,208,212,500,99,204,203},'Sales Mix'!D:D))
>
> --
>
> Dave Peterson

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Dave Peterson