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PearlJamaholicPearlJamaholic Posts: 2,019
edited January 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
i have a list of years and i need excel to give me totals for each year and i cant remember how to do this. i dont like when i forget this easy stuff.
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  • Heineken HelenHeineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    hmm... isn't it =sum (then add the column you wanna start with) : (then add the column you wanna end with?) :confused:
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    Hit F1
  • RolandTD20KdrummerRolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    Highlight the data then look for the sum button Σ on the toolbar...
    and click it...done.

    or type =sum(cell#:cell#) in the formula window.

    or just hit F1 and type in sum.
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  • PearlJamaholicPearlJamaholic Posts: 2,019
    i guess i should have been clearer. i want how many of each year i have. like 4 1994 and 11 1995, but so it keeps a running total. so on another sheet i can just have the year with the total underneath. i know ill need to have the whole column highlighted but i dont remember the function.
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  • polarispolaris Posts: 3,527
    sumif is the function

    sumif (your year cells, the year you want, the cells with the value you want to add)
  • chinobaezachinobaeza Santiago Posts: 2,489
    two words: dynamic tables
  • nfanelnfanel Posts: 2,558
    sounds like you want a pivot table. go to data --> pivot table and then the wizard will guide you through it.when you get to the layout, you'll want to put the year in the rows and whatever you're trying to sum in the data section....
  • markymark550markymark550 Columbia, SC Posts: 5,166
    so you are counting the number of times a year appears in your data?

    in that case, use the COUNTIF function: COUNTIF(range, criteria)

    ex) COUNTIF(A1:A20, "1994")
  • PJSerfPJSerf Posts: 637
    nfanel wrote:
    sounds like you want a pivot table. go to data --> pivot table and then the wizard will guide you through it.

    Pivot Tables are the greatest thing since sliced bread.
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  • nfanelnfanel Posts: 2,558
    PJSerf wrote:
    Pivot Tables are the greatest thing since sliced bread.
    i do love them. :D
  • PearlJamaholicPearlJamaholic Posts: 2,019
    markymark550 wrote:
    so you are counting the number of times a year appears in your data?

    in that case, use the COUNTIF function: COUNTIF(range, criteria)

    ex) COUNTIF(A1:A20, "1994")
    Thats the one!!!! thanks. i cant believe i forgot. as soon as i saw countif it came back. i feel so stupid. oh well im use to that.
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  • markymark550markymark550 Columbia, SC Posts: 5,166
    PearlJamaholic wrote:
    Thats the one!!!! thanks. i cant believe i forgot. as soon as i saw countif it came back. i feel so stupid. oh well im use to that.
    no problem....at first I thought it was the sumif that was mentioned, but then I re-read your clarification and knew that sumif would return some screwy numbers for that, so logically, it had to be countif

    just glad I could help out....
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