that works, i knew there must be a way.

Thanks!

"Myrna Larson" wrote:

=COUNTIF(A1:A20,"<"&B1)


On Fri, 5 Nov 2004 08:30:03 -0800, "reno"
wrote:

is it possible to use <,<=,=, operators, such as
countif(a1:a20,"<breakpoint"), where breakpoint is a named variable.
want to use w/cond formatting and highlight and give a count of instances.
any ideas? thx