cant find a formula to look up "value" in one column and return the sum in another column

[utk2013]

Hello all,

I need help finding the correct formula for a spreadsheet im working on. I have one column that is a called "type" for expenses, and another column that has the value of the expense. Is there a formula that can look in the type column and find every row that has a certain type, say it is "food" and return the sum of the values in the other column's rows that contains the value of the expense? I tried to use "lookup" but it would only return one value and not the sum of all of that specific type of expense. Thanks for the help!

Eric

[Richard Buttrey]

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[abousetta]

Are you looking for Sumif?

abousetta

[utk2013]

haha i swear i already tried that. Sorry for starting a new thread. MODs feel free to delete

[abousetta]

Just mark it as Solved and we will call it even