Hi Dudley

if you list the names of your sheets in an area of the summary worksheet
(e.g. A1:A30) you can use the following formula

=SUMPRODUCT(COUNTIF(INDIRECT("'"&A1:A30&"'!A9"),"P "))
(after the INDIRECT and bracket its a double quote("), then a single(') and
then another double and before the exclaimation mark it's a double followed
by a single)

if the sheets still have the default names e.g. Sheet1, Sheet2, etc then you
can use this formula

=SUMPRODUCT(COUNTIF(INDIRECT("'Sheet"&ROW(INDIRECT ("1:30"))&"'!A9"),"P"))

and you don't have to list out the names of the worksheets.

hope this helps

Cheers

JulieD

"Overbey" wrote in message
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I have a workbook with approx. 25-30 worksheets in it with the last being
an
overview of the others. I use this workbook to track some basketball
stats.
What I need to do is to: countif cell A9 of sheet 1 thru sheet 30 are
populated with a text letter (P for played), the resultant of the countif
will be used to divide into an overall sum of points - thus giving an
average points per game.
Any suggestions
Thanks
Dudley