Looking for a way to sum multiple text strings within a single cell to a number value

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Hope someone can help me.

I have single cells containing values separated by commas. Something like this: XFF,ONG,S,HP

I want to be able to lookup occurence of a string and then get a sum of all strings in that cell based on corresponding values found in a table:


[TABLE="width: 500"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD]DTX[/TD]
[TD]5[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]XFF[/TD]
[TD]4[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]ONG[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]S[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]HP[/TD]
[TD]4[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]INV[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]GENERIC[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]
[TABLE="width: 128"]
<colgroup><col width="64" span="2" style="width:48pt"></colgroup><tbody> [TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]
Based on the above (XFF,ONG,S,HP) i would want it to return the sum of all those which would be 12

Is that possible?
 

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are you able to use PowerQuery (Get&Transform)?

[Table="width:, class:head"]
[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#5B9BD5]Items[/td][td=bgcolor:#5B9BD5]Value[/td][td][/td][td=bgcolor:#5B9BD5]Sum[/td][td=bgcolor:#70AD47]Result[/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#DDEBF7]DTX[/td][td=bgcolor:#DDEBF7]
5​
[/td][td][/td][td=bgcolor:#DDEBF7]XFF,GENERIC,HP[/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA]
8​
[/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td]XFF[/td][td]
4​
[/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#DDEBF7]ONG[/td][td=bgcolor:#DDEBF7]
3​
[/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td]S[/td][td]
1​
[/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#DDEBF7]HP[/td][td=bgcolor:#DDEBF7]
4​
[/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td]INV[/td][td]
1​
[/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#DDEBF7]GENERIC[/td][td=bgcolor:#DDEBF7]
0​
[/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][/tr]
[/table]

[Table="width:, class:head"]
[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#5B9BD5]Sum[/td][td=bgcolor:#70AD47]Result[/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#DDEBF7]ONG,INV,DTX[/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA]
9​
[/td][/tr]
[/table]
 
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Nalfen said:
[TABLE="width: 500"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD]DTX[/TD]
[TD]5[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]XFF[/TD]
[TD]4[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]ONG[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]S[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]HP[/TD]
[TD]4[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]INV[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]GENERIC[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]
[TABLE="width: 128"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]
Click to expand...
Is this table complete? I am worried about smaller codes being embedded within longer codes (with the table above, that is not a problem which is why I want to know if the table could contain more codes).
 
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I cna use Get&Transform, never used it so i would have to look it up but i do have that option.

The table contains 20 rows and 2 columns only
 
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Welcome to the Board.

There may be neater ways, such as PowerQuery or a UDF, but here's one way:

ABCDEF
CodeValueStringSum
DTXXFF,ONG,S,HP
XFF
ONG
S
HP
INV
GENERIC

<colgroup><col style="width: 25pxpx"><col><col><col><col><col><col></colgroup><thead>
</thead><tbody>
[TD="align: center"]1[/TD]

[TD="align: right"][/TD]

[TD="align: right"][/TD]

[TD="align: center"]2[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]5[/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]

[TD="align: right"]12[/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]

[TD="align: center"]3[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]4[/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]

[TD="align: center"]4[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]3[/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]

[TD="align: center"]5[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]

[TD="align: center"]6[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]4[/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]

[TD="align: right"][/TD]

[TD="align: center"]7[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]

[TD="align: center"]8[/TD]

[TD="align: right"]0[/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]

</tbody>
Sheet5​


[TABLE="width: 85%"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD]Array Formulas[TABLE="width: 100%"]
<thead>[TR="bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=DAE7F5]#DAE7F5[/URL] "]
[TH="width: 10px"]Cell[/TH]
[TH="align: left"]Formula[/TH]
[/TR]
</thead><tbody>[TR]
[TH="width: 10px, bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=DAE7F5]#DAE7F5[/URL] "]E2[/TH]
[TD="align: left"]{=SUM(SUMIF($A$2:$A$8,TRIM(MID(SUBSTITUTE(D2,",",REPT(" ",100)),(ROW(INDIRECT("1:10"))-1)*100+1,100)),$B$2:$B$8))}[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]
Entered with Ctrl+Shift+Enter. If entered correctly, Excel will surround with curly braces {}.
Note: Do not try and enter the {} manually yourself[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]




This should work for up to 10 elements in a cell.
 
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Nalfen said:
I cna use Get&Transform, never used it so i would have to look it up but i do have that option.

The table contains 20 rows and 2 columns only
Click to expand...

for future to test :)

[Table="width:, class:head"]
[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#5B9BD5]Items[/td][td=bgcolor:#5B9BD5]Value[/td][td][/td][td=bgcolor:#5B9BD5]Sum[/td][td=bgcolor:#70AD47]Result[/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#DDEBF7]DTX[/td][td=bgcolor:#DDEBF7]
5​
[/td][td][/td][td=bgcolor:#DDEBF7]ONG,ABC,ZZX,QWERTY[/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA]
28​
[/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td]XFF[/td][td]
4​
[/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#DDEBF7]ONG[/td][td=bgcolor:#DDEBF7]
3​
[/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td]S[/td][td]
1​
[/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#DDEBF7]HP[/td][td=bgcolor:#DDEBF7]
4​
[/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td]INV[/td][td]
1​
[/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#DDEBF7]GENERIC[/td][td=bgcolor:#DDEBF7]
0​
[/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td]S[/td][td]
10​
[/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#DDEBF7]ABC[/td][td=bgcolor:#DDEBF7]
11​
[/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td]ZZX[/td][td]
12​
[/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#DDEBF7]AA[/td][td=bgcolor:#DDEBF7]
5​
[/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td]CC[/td][td]
4​
[/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#DDEBF7]XX[/td][td=bgcolor:#DDEBF7]
3​
[/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td]QWERTY[/td][td]
2​
[/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][/tr]
[/table]

Code: 
[SIZE=1]let
    Source = Excel.CurrentWorkbook(){[Name="Table2"]}[Content],
    SplitR = Table.ExpandListColumn(Table.TransformColumns(Source, {{"Sum", Splitter.SplitTextByDelimiter(",", QuoteStyle.Csv), let itemType = (type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true] in type {itemType}}}), "Sum"),
    Merge = Table.NestedJoin(SplitR,{"Sum"},Table1,{"Items"},"Table1",JoinKind.LeftOuter),
    Expand = Table.ExpandTableColumn(Merge, "Table1", {"Value"}, {"Value"}),
    Sum = List.Sum(Expand[Value]),
    Convert = #table(1, {{Sum}}),
    Ren = Table.RenameColumns(Convert,{{"Column1", "Result"}})
in
    Ren[/SIZE]

you can add more "codes" even duplicated
 
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Eric W said:
Welcome to the Board.

Sheet5​


[TABLE="width: 85%"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD]Array Formulas[TABLE="width: 100%"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TH]Cell[/TH]
[TH="align: left"]Formula[/TH]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH]E2[/TH]
[TD="align: left"]{=SUM(SUMIF($A$2:$A$8,TRIM(MID(SUBSTITUTE(D2,",",REPT(" ",100)),(ROW(INDIRECT("1:10"))-1)*100+1,100)),$B$2:$B$8))}[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]
Entered with Ctrl+Shift+Enter. If entered correctly, Excel will surround with curly braces {}.
Note: Do not try and enter the {} manually yourself[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]




This should work for up to 10 elements in a cell.
Click to expand...

Tested this and it works great. I will still lookup the PowerQuery as it looks like a cleaner way to do those things but i appreciate the help.
 
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