Excel Function That Sums Every Nth Cell In a Specified Range

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This Custom Function will sum every nth row or cell in the specified range. How about a free Handy Excel Functions Add-in?

The Code

Function SumEveryNth2007(rRange As Range, lNth As Long, Optional SumEveryNthRow As Boolean) As Single
Dim rCell As Range
Dim strAddress As String

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'Written by Ozgrid.com'''''''''''''''''''
'Sums every nth cell.
'If more than 1 column, summation order is left-to-right and top-to-bottom
'unless SumEveryNthRow=TRUE
'Function very inefficient, rRange should be as small as possible.
'Most efficient method is DSUM, shown here
'http://www.ozgrid.com/Excel/sum-every-2nd-nth-cell.htm
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  On Error Resume Next
    If SumEveryNthRow = False Then
       With WorksheetFunction
               For Each rCell In rRange
                lStep = lStep + 1
                If lStep Mod lNth = 0 Then sTot = .Sum(rCell, sTot)
               Next rCell
        End With
    
        SumEveryNth2007 = sTot
    Else
        strAddress = rRange.Address
        SumEveryNth2007 = Evaluate("=SUMPRODUCT((MOD(ROW(" & strAddress & ")," & lNth & ")=0)*(" & strAddress & "))")
    End If

End Function

To use this UDF push Alt+F11 and go Insert>Module and paste in the code. Push Alt+Q and save. The Function will appear under "User Defined" in the Paste Function dialog box (Shift+F3). Use the Function in any cell as shown below.

=SumEveryNth2007($A$1:$A$10,2)
This would sum every 2nd cell in the range $A$1:$A$10

=SumEveryNth2007($A$1:$B$10,TRUE)
This would sum every 2nd row in the range $A$1:$B$10

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