Microsoft KB Archive/136738

= How to Sum Either Odd or Even Rows Only =

Article ID: 136738

Article Last Modified on 8/17/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Excel 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Excel 5.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q136738





SUMMARY
When you use any of the worksheet functions in Microsoft Excel, and you have a range argument that includes either hidden rows or columns, the cells in these hidden areas are still used by the function. For example, if you have the following in a worksheet   A1: 1 A2: 1 A3: 1 A4: =SUM(A1:A3) the SUM function in cell A4 returns a value of 3. If you then hide Row 2, the SUM function still returns a value of 3.



MORE INFORMATION
If you would like to sum only the Odd or the Even rows in a range, instead of trying to hide rows, which does not work in this case, you can use the following formulas.

Odd Rows
  =SUM(IF(MOD(ROW(A1:A3),2)=1,A1:A3,0)) If you enter this as an array formula in cell A4 in the above example, it returns a value of 2.

NOTE: To enter a formula as an array formula in Microsoft Excel for Windows, press CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER. In Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh, press COMMAND+RETURN.

Even Rows
  =SUM(IF(MOD(ROW(A1:A3),2)=0,A1:A3,0)) If you enter this as an array formula in cell A4 in the above example, it returns a value of 1.

NOTE: If you still want to hide rows for the above example, the two functions given will still work as outlined.

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