I have an odd sum issue that's been plaguing me for a year or so and I figure it's time to get it taken care of. I have some data that I have to sum. I have to sum them based on the data in the first column. Easier to explain with an example. Note that column D is what I want the result to be... columns A, B and C are the data I'm starting with.
A B C D
117 6 0 8 117 2 0 118 1 0 7 118 0 3 118 3 0 121 0 1 5 121 4 0
For the above, what I'm looking for is a total of B&C, based on the value of A... so all the B&C values where A is 117 adds up to 8. All the B&C values where A is 118 adds up to 7, etc. I don't even mind if the D result is duplicated in every row... So the cells in D being 8, 8, 7, 7, 7, 5, 5 would be fine. I just need to be able to see what the totals are for all of the entries that start with "117" versus the totals of "118".
I know there are lots of ways to slay this beast, but my problem is that I need it done in the way I've described... no grouping, no pivot tables, no calculations elsewhere. I have LOTS of data that will continue to grow and this all gets exported to other places, so the formatting has to be pretty much what I have above.
Can someone get me pointed in the right direction here?
--smthng