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Default Comparison of data in two separate colunms

Thanks, I will give it a try!

"gchigo" wrote:

use pivot table. add materials to row and weight to data and do a sum
function on the data.

"thaenn" wrote:

In "Column AW" I have a list of material items (there are some that are the
same), and in "Column AX" I have the weight associated with each item.

My question is: How can I look up all "like items" in column AW and get a
total of the combined weight (for these like items)?

Thanks!