Don,
Can the wildcard symbol (*) be used in the formula?

"Don Guillett" wrote in message
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=sumproduct((a2:a22="dog")*(b2:b22="brown"))

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Don Guillett
SalesAid Software

"italiavb" wrote in message
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I AM TRYING TO COUNT THE NUMBER OF ROWS THAT TWO MEET DIFFERENT CRITERIA
IN TWO DIFFERENT COLUMNS.

IN THE EXAMPLE BELOW I WANT TO COUNT THE NUMBER OF ROWS DOG AND BROWN
MATCH. SO THE ANSWER IN THIS CASE WOULD BE 2

I TRIED USING "COUNTIF" "COUNTA", SEVERAL IF AND STATEMENTS. I NEED SOME
HELP.


A B C

DOG BROWN

CAT WHITE

MOUSE RED

DOG WHITE

DOG BROWN

CAT BROWN