I'm counting sedimentary clasts tomorrow (don't ask...) and I need a spreadsheet to help me crunch the numbers.
I made little drop down menus yesterday so it's easy to input the clast type.
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However, I need the total number of that type of clast in a different table (so I can ultimately make a pie chart of clast proportions).
Eg, if I see 25 Calcite clasts, I'll have selected "calcite" 25 times from the drop-down menus, and I need "25" to appear in the table in the screen shot below.
I think it's something to do with the SUMIF() function but I can't get it to work properly.
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I hope explained myself properly! Thanks
PS: apologies for the mistake in the thread title!
I made little drop down menus yesterday so it's easy to input the clast type.

However, I need the total number of that type of clast in a different table (so I can ultimately make a pie chart of clast proportions).
Eg, if I see 25 Calcite clasts, I'll have selected "calcite" 25 times from the drop-down menus, and I need "25" to appear in the table in the screen shot below.
I think it's something to do with the SUMIF() function but I can't get it to work properly.

I hope explained myself properly! Thanks
PS: apologies for the mistake in the thread title!