Oh okay. Well I want to count the number of blank cells in column B that
correspond with "Compliance" in Column A.

"Chip Pearson" wrote:

The function count the number of times "compliance" occurs in
column A with a corresponding non-blank cell in column B.


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Cordially,
Chip Pearson
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
www.cpearson.com


"dknibbe" wrote in message
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Chip-

For some reason the formula is counting column A whereas, I
want to count
Column B

"Chip Pearson" wrote:

Try the following formula

=SUMPRODUCT(--(A1:A10="compliance"),--(B1:B10<""))


--
Cordially,
Chip Pearson
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
www.cpearson.com


"dknibbe" wrote in message
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I have two columns of data:

A B
Compliance Text......
Compliance Text......
Compliance Text......

I want to count the number of non-blank cells in Column B
that
correspond to
"Compliance" in column A.

I desperately need help!