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Why is this contains text based sumif formula not working in google sheets?


I got the following text in cell A1:

GF HTG SHEET 1 (Drawing Reference- 21)

I got the following data:

ColE ColF
GF HTG SHEET 1 10
GF HTG SHEET 1 20
GF HTG SHEET 1 10

So the formula I'm trying to get to work is this one:

=SUMIF($E$2:$E$4,"*"&A1&"*",$F$2:$F$4)

It give me 0, while all instructions I've seen online point me to the approach above.

Appreciate your help.


Solution

  • Try

    =sumproduct(arrayformula(if(iserror(SEARCH(E2:E,$A$1)),0,1))*(F2:F))
    

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