Comments on: A comparison of worksheet functions http://www.blog.methodsinexcel.co.uk/2009/05/10/a-comparison-of-worksheet-functions/ Tue, 7 Feb 2012 16:37:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Bob Phillips http://www.blog.methodsinexcel.co.uk/2009/05/10/a-comparison-of-worksheet-functions/comment-page-1/#comment-76869 Bob Phillips Sun, 09 Aug 2009 15:33:43 +0000 http://www.blog.methodsinexcel.co.uk/?p=475#comment-76869 I think that SUMPRODUCT is actually mor intuitive than SUMIF. For instance =SUMPRODUCT(--(A2:A200="Bob"),B2:B200) is more readable to me than =SUMIF(A2:A200,"Bob",B2:B200) and it gets worse in 2007 =SUMIFS(B2:B200,A2:A200,"Bob", C2:C200,"Y") (actually it is probably a better implementation, just inconsistent - for obvious reasons) Not an argument for using SP here, just an observation. But on DSUM, use it, it is powerful and fast in situations where SUMIF just chokes. I think that SUMPRODUCT is actually mor intuitive than SUMIF. For instance

=SUMPRODUCT(–(A2:A200=”Bob”),B2:B200)

is more readable to me than

=SUMIF(A2:A200,”Bob”,B2:B200)

and it gets worse in 2007

=SUMIFS(B2:B200,A2:A200,”Bob”, C2:C200,”Y”)

(actually it is probably a better implementation, just inconsistent – for obvious reasons)

Not an argument for using SP here, just an observation.

But on DSUM, use it, it is powerful and fast in situations where SUMIF just chokes.

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