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Can the Results of a Formula Be Used in SUMIF?

March 30, 2022 - by

Can the Results of a Formula Be Used in SUMIF?

Problem: Can the results of a formula be used as the criteria? I would like to add all numbers that are above average.

Strategy: The second parameter of the SUMIF/COUNTIF can be a calculation, but you must concatenate a comparison operator in quotes with the formula. Consider this formula:

=SUMIF($F$6:$F$61,”>”&AVERAGE($F$6:$F$61),$F$6:$F$61)

The criteria is “>”&AVERAGE(F6:F61). Excel first calculates the average, then joins the operator with the result. In the second step of evaluating the formula, Excel has changed the formula to “>39535.71”.

Add all of the salaries that are above average. =SUMIF(F6:F61,">"&AVERAGE(F6:F61),F6:F61)
Figure 406. The criterion is built from a formula.

This article is an excerpt from Power Excel With MrExcel

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