=SUMPRODUCT(--(rngx),--(rng<y))

if it is really two values, but if as you show then

=SUMIF(rng,"<"&x)

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HTH

Bob Phillips

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"Uncivil Servant" <Uncivil wrote in
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I'm trying to construct a formula that will count the number of cells in a
range that meet the condition "x and <x", (which I suppose is two
conditions
in one really), where the range just contains numbers.