Hi Graham
See the help for Indirect
=COUNTIF(INDIRECT(B6),"wip")
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Regards Ron de Bruin
http://www.rondebruin.nl
"Graham" wrote in message ...
I am trying to type a column title in a cell say B6, the column title = a
named range.
then I want to use the cell reference B6 in an equation that counts the
number of times a word appears in the named range? Is this Possible?
example SUMPRODUCT(--(b6="wip"))