Question

is seems too basic. But after spending quite some time on the web, I don’t see where the problem lies… I have two columns, O and S, with some numeric values. I want to add values in column S only if the data in column O are larger than “-9999”. Now, the formula should be:

=SUMIF(O2:O23, “>-9999”, S2:S23)

But Excel (Mac 2011) tells me that this is wrong. Where lies the problem?

Thanks for any hints!

Edit: Here is a screenshot. And here the Excel file.

Answer 1

As per my comment you probably need to replace commas in the formula with semi-colons, i.e.

=SUMIF(O2:O23; ">-9999"; S2:S23)

“separators” used in formulas change based on regional settings – UK and US use commas, continental Europe typically uses semi-colons