I have been trying to take the value of one a cell: ("String 1", "String 2") and then search in another column for each instance of "String 1" and "String 2", and sum their output on column+1.
I included an image of what i'm trying to accomplish. I've tried index match, and sumif but have had no luck so far!
This is the text I want to reference:
(Call it A26)
This is where I want to search and find the matching text:
Essentially, I want to be able to pick any random combo of Schools, and then it will search my data for the matching schools and then sum the population.
I'd prefer not to uses VBA (thanks for reading! )