This could be a job for a pivot table. Here's a brief intro on my site,
written by Debra Dalgleish:

http://peltiertech.com/Excel/Pivots/pivotstart.htm

and some links, which wouldn't have been included if they weren't helpful:

http://peltiertech.com/Excel/Pivots/pivotlinks.htm

- Jon
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Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Peltier Technical Services
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
http://PeltierTech.com/
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foxgguy2005 wrote:

you know, on second thought, i know this is charting, worksheet
functions is my next stop.

Anyway, i thought about it, and instead of sorting the list,
are there cells i could create a functio in to sum the total numbers of
the rows that have a certain type of lumber...

like, sum of rows in colum "X" if column "y" = sill ???
and have it only add the rows with certain label.

Thaks guys!