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Friday, November 29, 2013

EXCEL: Know about COUNTIF Function

COUNTIF(range, criteria)




Returns the number of non blank cells that satisfy a particular condition.



range
The range of cells from which you want to count the cells.

criteria
The logical test that will filter out the data.



REMARKS



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The "range" must be a cell range or a named range.

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The "range" does not have to be sorted into any order.

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The "criteria" can be a cell reference or a named range.

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The "criteria" can be in the form of a number, expression, or text.

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The "criteria" can be expressed as numerical (i.e. 32) or as a string (i.e. "32").

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The "criteria" can use string matching, i.e. *M* is all words that contain the letter "M". This is not case sensitive.

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If you are checking for numerical conditions make sure the cells contain numbers and not text.

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Example 1 - This counts the number of cells that contain the text "apples".

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Example 2 - This counts the number of cells that contain a negative number.

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Example 3 - This counts the number of cells that contain a number less than 40.

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Example 4 - This counts the number of cells that contain a number greater than 40.

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Example 5 - This counts the number of cells that contain non zero values.

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Example 6 - This counts the number of cells that contain a value between 1 and 100.

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Example 7 - This counts the number of cells that contain text.

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Example 8 - This counts the number of cells that contain the letter "B". This is not case sensitive.

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Example 9 - This counts the number of cells that contain the letter "b". This is not case sensitive.

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Example 10 - This counts the number of cells that contain only three letters.

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Example 11 - This counts the number of cells that have the letter "e" as their second character.

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Example 12 - This counts the number of cells that contain the text "Y".

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Example 13 - This counts the number of cells that contain a date that is less than todays date.

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Example 14 - This counts the number of cells that contain a date that is less than 30 days before todays date.

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Example 15 - This counts the number of cells that contain either the text "Y" or the text "N".

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For examples of how to include multiple conditions, please refer to Array Formulas > Multiple Conditions



EXAMPLES




A
B
C
1
=COUNTIF(B1:C8,"apples") = 0
20
35
2
=COUNTIF(B1:C8,"<0") = 1
-40
85
3
=COUNTIF(B1:C8,"<40") = 3
60
125
4
=COUNTIF(B1:C8,">40") = 7
180
95
5
=COUNTIF(B1:C8,"<>0") = 16
500
55
6
=COUNTIF(B1:C8,">=1")-COUNTIF(B1:C8,">=100") = 6
Better
dot
7
=COUNTIF(B1:C8,"*") = 6
Solutions
com
8
=COUNTIF(B1:C8,"*B*") = 1
Y
N
9
=COUNTIF(B1:C8,"*b*") = 1
12-Jul-2008
21-Jul-2020
10
=COUNTIF(B1:C8,"???") = 2


11
=COUNTIF(B1:C8,"?e*") = 1


12
=COUNTIF(B1:C8,"Y") = 1


13
=COUNTIF(B9:C9,"<"&TODAY()) = 1


14
=COUNTIF(B9:C9,"<"&TODAY()-30) = 1


15
=COUNTIF(B1:C8,"Y")+COUNTIF(B1:C8,"N") = 2




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