Question

Without the use of macros or anything fancy, is it possible to write an excel formula that would add up Col-1 rows that correspond to Col-2 rows having the string ‘st’?

+----+-------+-------+
+ #  + Col-1 + Col-2 +
+----+ ------+-------+
+ 1  +  1    + an st +
+ 2  +  2    + f st  +
+ 3  +  1    + st fr +
+ 4  +  1    + bd bd +
+----+-------+-------+

So in this example, it should add up rows 1,2 and 3 and return 1+2+1 = 4

Answer 1

There is a way. Use this: =SUMPRODUCT(ISNUMBER(FIND("st",B1:B4))*A1:A4)