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Try this:<br />
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=SUMIF($A1:$A$1649,&quot;*contr<wbr />ol*&quot;,$B$1:<wbr />$B$1649)<br />
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Flyster
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Try this:

=SUMIF($A1:$A$1649,"*control*",$B$1:$B$1649)

Flyster

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How about this?<br />
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=IF(A1649=&quot;control&quot;,SUM(D2<wbr />:D1649),&quot;&quot;<wbr />)
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How about this?

=IF(A1649="control",SUM(D2:D1649),"")

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@Flyster - I could not get that formula to work either. &nbsp;<br />
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@ladkisson - I've uploaded a sample that seems to work.<br />
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@Flyster - I could not get that formula to work either.  

@ladkisson - I've uploaded a sample that seems to work.
ee-2012122801a.xlsx [https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2012/12_w52/624485/ee-2012122801a.xlsx]

ee-2012122801a.xlsx

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@Flyster - I thought I accepted your formula. I said that I had come up with the same answer. Did my acceptance not go through?
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@Flyster - I thought I accepted your formula. I said that I had come up with the same answer. Did my acceptance not go through?

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I was assuming that the cell contains exactly the word &quot;control&quot;.<br />
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This will sum if the word control is found in cell A1649<br />
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=IF(FIND(&quot;control&quot;,A1649,1<wbr />),SUM(D2:D<wbr />1649),&quot;&quot;)
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I was assuming that the cell contains exactly the word "control".

This will sum if the word control is found in cell A1649

=IF(FIND("control",A1649,1),SUM(D2:D1649),"")

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sounds good. &nbsp;sorry for the confusion.
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Hi! I need to sum data in column D2:D1649 based on the information in column A1:A1649 that has the word &quot;control&quot;. In other words, if column A has &quot;control&quot; then I need to have a total for all the numeric data in column D. Thanks!
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Hi! I need to sum data in column D2:D1649 based on the information in column A1:A1649 that has the word "control". In other words, if column A has "control" then I need to have a total for all the numeric data in column D. Thanks!

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