Question

I’m using the sumif function, and instead of hardcoding what the range and sum_range cell ranges are, I want to look them up using something like match. Basically, the column that will be my sum_range has a column header that I could look up, so in pseudo code, what I want to be able to do is:

1. Find the column header for the range I want to sum
2. Once that column is found, select the entire column as the range
3. Use this newly found range as either my range or sum_range for the sumif function

Anyone know how to do this?

Answer 1

You may have a look at the following example and adapt it to your needs:

= SUM(INDEX(A2:C5;;MATCH(F2;A1:C1)))

• Match() selects the desired column (as given by cell F2)
• Index() then cuts this column from the given array
• Sum() does the sum – I used the sum function but you may take any function you like