Not countif, but you can do it

=SUMPRODUCT(--(A1:M1="value),--(MOD(COLUMN(A1:M1),2)=0)

which will count B, D, etc. if they equal the required value

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HTH

RP
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"rutledbr" wrote in message
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I am trying to use the countif function to add the appearance of value in
cells that are not adjacent to each other. Specifically I have two cells
that
pertain to the same question. For each question I want to compile the
occurence of certain value therefore I want to use the countif function on
every second column.