Hi!

I'm assuming the Rowset range is A10:IV50

=COUNTIF(INDEX(Rowset,,COLUMN()),"0")

So, whatever column the formula is entered in will be the column range
argument.

Example: if the formula is entered in A8 then the Countif range will be
A10:A50
If the formula is entered in E8 then the Countif range will be E10:E50.

Are you sure you want "0" ?

Excel treats all quoted values as TEXT.

Biff

"jmg092548" wrote
in message ...

Say I've named the range of rows 10 through 50 as "Rowset."

Then I want to put a formula in C8 that returns how many cells in
C10:C50 are equal to "0".

I can use COUNTIF(C:C Rowset,"0"), which works fine.

But what if I also want to do the same thing in D8, E8, etc. Do I have
to explicity say

COUNTIF(D:D Rowset,"0")
COUNTIF(E:E Rowset,"0")

etc.? Or is there some way I can refer to the current column without
naming it?

I realize I can define the first formula as above and then copy and
paste to get corresponding formulas in the other cooumns. I just
wondered if there was one formula I could define so that it would work
the same in any column.

Thanks in advance for any help!

Jim Guinness
Eastern Massachusettts, USA


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