Google Spreadsheet Formula Supportable in Numbers?

Question

Hey Folks,
Am hoping someone might be able to support me here.
I have a spreadsheet I originally created in Google Spreadsheets that I'd like to move to Numbers and am trying to sort out if a formula I've got running in GS works in Numbers.
Basically, each row of one of my spreadsheets contains the information for a financial transaction -- a check register, for all intensive purposes.
COLUMN A: Date
COLUMN B: Item name
COLUMN C: Amount
COLUMN D: BALANCE
COLUMN E: (Blank column)
COLUMN F: CATEGORY
I then have a separate part of the spreadsheet that lists each category and the total amount for each category.
This was achieved by using a formula in Google Spreadsheet like this:
=SUMIF( F:F ; "Groceries", C:C)
In the example above, any line item with the category "Groceries" in F would have its amount (from Column C) taken and added to the current total automatically. I can then reference this Category Total in other spreadsheets, which ends up being very handy.
Have not yet found out if there's a similar formula available in Numbers.
Anyone have any idea what something like this would look like? Would love to be able to replicate it.
Thanks,
Anthony

Answer 1

In fact, the original formula
=SUMIF( F:F ; "Groceries", C:C)
is accepted by Numbers if you remove the embedded typo.
Between F:F and "Groceries", you typed a semi-colon which must be replaced by a comma.
On my French system, I entered:
=SOMME.SI(F:F;"Groceries";C:C)
=SUMIF(F:F,"Groceries",C:C)
and Numbers automatically translated to:
=SOMME.SI(F;"Groceries";C)
=SUMIF(F,"Groceries",C)
Yvan KOENIG (from FRANCE samedi 26 juillet 2008 11:19:30)