How to calculate sum per category?

[praiser]

Hey there

Does anybody know how I can calculate the sum of a range of numbers
but only if they are in a specific category?

Example table in Excel: look attachment

Thank you very much
Florian Meye

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[EdMac]

Use SUMIF function

=SUMIF(Source range,criteria,sumrange)

e.g. SUMIF(A1:A6,1,B1:B6)

Ed

 

[praiser]

yeah, that's it! thank you very very much! =