#NUM! error

Whats wrong.
{=SUM((Sheet1!A:A="*")*(Sheet1!B:B="\\\\\\CC\\\\\\ ")
*Sheet1!E:E)}
thanks in advance

You can't use entire columns or rows in array formulae.

Try (array-entered):

=SUM((Sheet1!A1:A65535="*")*(Sheet1!B1:B65535="\\\ \\\CC\\\\\\")
*Sheet1!E1:E65535)}

or (not array-entered, but an array formula none-the-less):

=SUMPRODUCT(--(Sheet1!A1:A65535="*"),
--(Sheet1!B1:B65535="\\\\\\CC\\\\\\"), Sheet1!E1:E65535)

(not array-entered, but an array formula none-the-less).

In article ,
"Richard" wrote:

Whats wrong.
{=SUM((Sheet1!A:A="*")*(Sheet1!B:B="\\\\\\CC\\\\\\ ")
*Sheet1!E:E)}

Richard,

You can't use entire column references in array formulas. Try

=SUM((Sheet1!A1:A65535="*")*(Sheet1!B1:B65535="\\\ \\\CC\\\\\\")*S
heet1!E1:E65535)

or, better, adjust the ending row to a more reasonable value.

--
Cordially,
Chip Pearson
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
www.cpearson.com





"Richard" wrote in message
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Whats wrong.
{=SUM((Sheet1!A:A="*")*(Sheet1!B:B="\\\\\\CC\\\\\\ ")
*Sheet1!E:E)}
thanks in advance

Hi
try
=SUMPRODUCT(--(Sheet1!A1:A1000="*"),--(Sheet1!B1:B1000="\\\\\\CC\\\\\\"
),sheet1!E1:E1000)

Note: SUMPRODUCT does not accept ranges like A:A.
Also if you want to test that column A contains ANY text (* as
wildcard) use the formula
=SUMPRODUCT(--(Sheet1!A1:A1000""),--(Sheet1!B1:B1000="\\\\\\CC\\\\\\"
),sheet1!E1:E1000)


--
Regards
Frank Kabel
Frankfurt, Germany


Richard wrote:
Whats wrong.
{=SUM((Sheet1!A:A="*")*(Sheet1!B:B="\\\\\\CC\\\\\\ ")
*Sheet1!E:E)}
thanks in advance

Frank:

A quick question,

I tend to use Sumproduct quite often in my excel models, but I don't
understand the "--" operator that you have used.

What does it exactly accomplish? Would like to add this to my grwoing
knowledge base of excel formula tips and tricks.

Kavir


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SUMPRODUCT requires numeric arrays. the double unary minus converts the
True/False from comparison arguments to 1/0, respectively, first by
convertint True to -1 and FALSE to 0, then using the second unary minus
to negate the result of the first, producing 1/0.

It's somewhat faster than using the * operator to multiply the arrays
first, then pass them to SUMPRODUCT. It also preserves SUMPRODUCT's
ability to ignore non-numeric values.

In article ,
kfotedar wrote:

I tend to use Sumproduct quite often in my excel models, but I don't
understand the "--" operator that you have used.

What does it exactly accomplish? Would like to add this to my grwoing
knowledge base of excel formula tips and tricks.

I wish I was knowledgeable enough to debate you guys over this issue.

"It also preserves SUMPRODUCT's ability to ignore non-numeric values."

Do you mean by that John, that it returns zero instead of an error?

So you could have a text numeric, or simply not have the value you're
looking for in the searched range, and receive the same answer for either.

Is that desirable?
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Regards,

RD

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"JE McGimpsey" wrote in message
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SUMPRODUCT requires numeric arrays. the double unary minus converts the
True/False from comparison arguments to 1/0, respectively, first by
convertint True to -1 and FALSE to 0, then using the second unary minus
to negate the result of the first, producing 1/0.

It's somewhat faster than using the * operator to multiply the arrays
first, then pass them to SUMPRODUCT. It also preserves SUMPRODUCT's
ability to ignore non-numeric values.

In article ,
kfotedar wrote:

I tend to use Sumproduct quite often in my excel models, but I don't
understand the "--" operator that you have used.

What does it exactly accomplish? Would like to add this to my grwoing
knowledge base of excel formula tips and tricks.

Yes. From help:

SUMPRODUCT treats array entries that are not numeric as if they were
zeros.

One example where it's desirable:

A B
1 QUANTITY PRICE
2 Category 1 items:
3 1 10
4 2 12
5 Category 2 items:
6 3 8
7 2 9
8 Category 3 items:
9 7 14
10 3 21
11 TOTAL:Price10 =SUMPRODUCT(A1:A10,--(B1:B10=10),B1:B10)

B11 will return 195


If instead you used

=SUMPRODUCT(A1:A10*(B1:B10=10)*B1:B10)

You'll either get #VALUE! or 0 with a circular reference error,
depending on XL version (there's a bug).




In article ,
"Ragdyer" wrote:

I wish I was knowledgeable enough to debate you guys over this issue.

"It also preserves SUMPRODUCT's ability to ignore non-numeric values."

Do you mean by that John, that it returns zero instead of an error?

So you could have a text numeric, or simply not have the value you're
looking for in the searched range, and receive the same answer for either.

Is that desirable?

You used a good example.g

But my point is, if B1:B10 is populated with imported data, and that data is
numeric text, then the unary returns a zero.

That doesn't tell you if the conditions were *not* met, or if the data is
(was) "contaminated".
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Regards,

RD
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"JE McGimpsey" wrote in message
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Yes. From help:

SUMPRODUCT treats array entries that are not numeric as if they were
zeros.

One example where it's desirable:

A B
1 QUANTITY PRICE
2 Category 1 items:
3 1 10
4 2 12
5 Category 2 items:
6 3 8
7 2 9
8 Category 3 items:
9 7 14
10 3 21
11 TOTAL:Price10 =SUMPRODUCT(A1:A10,--(B1:B10=10),B1:B10)

B11 will return 195


If instead you used

=SUMPRODUCT(A1:A10*(B1:B10=10)*B1:B10)

You'll either get #VALUE! or 0 with a circular reference error,
depending on XL version (there's a bug).




In article ,
"Ragdyer" wrote:

I wish I was knowledgeable enough to debate you guys over this issue.

"It also preserves SUMPRODUCT's ability to ignore non-numeric values."

Do you mean by that John, that it returns zero instead of an error?

So you could have a text numeric, or simply not have the value you're
looking for in the searched range, and receive the same answer for either.

Is that desirable?

Not sure what you mean when you say "the unary returns a zero".

First, if you're importing data, it's unlikely that you'll have a
structure like the one I suggested - it's far more likely that a table
of numeric values is intended to be imported as numbers, whether they
import as numbers or text. If D120 and E1:E20 contain imported data,
with all column D values imported as numbers, but all column E values
imported as Text,

=SUMPRODUCT(D120,E1:E20)

indeed returns zero, however

=SUMPRODUCT(--D120,--E1:E20)

returns the appropriate value.

Bottom line: it's the responsibility of the spreadsheet designer to
ensure that inputs are of the proper form. In a properly designed
application, you shouldn't have to worry about data type, or to cripple
valid functions to compensate for possible input errors.

And of course, in XL03 and XL04, at least, you get a smart button
popping up whenever you have "text numbers", offering to convert them...

In article ,
"RagDyer" wrote:

But my point is, if B1:B10 is populated with imported data, and that data is
numeric text, then the unary returns a zero.

That doesn't tell you if the conditions were *not* met, or if the data is
(was) "contaminated".