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How to SUM by matching partial text in Excel

How to SUM by matching partial text in Excel


In this tutorial, I'm going to share another tips on how to sum by matching partial text in Excel.


First of all, Microsoft Excel has a function called, "SUMIFS". Also has SUMIF. But I'll work here with "SUMIFS". This function allows us to sum a specific range. Based on some specific conditions. The situation of your condition is different in real life. As a result, I'm writing how to sum by matching partial text in excel tutorial.


How to sum by matching partial text example: 

if you want to SUM only the BD based name shown in the list below, what will you do? 

How to SUM by matching partial text in Excel

Image 1: How to SUM by matching partial text in Excel


Well, in this case You can do by following below steps:

So, as you can see, I have to check all cells and find if the string “BD” appears in the cell or not, and if it does, I need to include the value in the adjacent cell in column B while doing the sum.

How to SUM by matching partial text in Excel
The above example is a case of a partial match, where I need to sum cells based on the partial match.


I'm going to use a criteria "*BD". This criteria states that, all words that ends with BD. So, i'm sure below formula (very easy for all). The formula with partial match to find the total sales quantity is:


How to SUM by matching partial text in Excel


Here is the formula:

=SUMIFS(B2:B7,A2:A7,"*BD")


The formula details are:

  • B2:B7 – This is the range, which has the values that we want to sum.
  • A2:A7 – This is the criteria range, that contains names.
  • “*BD” – I have used “*BD”. This means, any cell that ends with the string "BD" will satisfy the criteria.

Finally 21 + 14 + 54 in addition the result will show: 89


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