I would put the values to test against in cells and check against those as
in my original, other than that

=SUMPRODUCT((Sheet1!A2:A22=--"2006-09-01")*
(Sheet1!B2:B22={"Accepted","Pending"})*
(Sheet1!C2:C22="LA"))


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Bob Phillips

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"numbernine" wrote in message
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Hi,

Thank for your answer ,i think i explained wrongly in my question .
actually
i wanted to match the 3 column word by word , which mean on the 1st column
the word is "0109/06" , 2nd cell is "Accepted or Pending" , then the 3rd
cell
is "L.A " . If all these appear on the same row , on the 2nd spread sheet
on
a partcular same will count as '1' .

I tried using this formula but i could not count the date(1st column) and
also the word "accepted " or ""pending(2rd column).

=SUMPRODUCT((Sheet1!A2:A22="01/09/06")*(Sheet1!B2:B22="Accepted"
or"Pending")*(Sheet1!C2:C22="L.A"))

Thank alot !!!
Cheers,


"Bob Phillips" wrote:

=SUMPRODUCT(--(Sheet1!$A$1:$A$100=B$1),--(Sheet1!$C$1:$C$100=$A2))

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Bob Phillips

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hi

i got a problem with function Countif and sumproblem

My problem is that i need to match 3 diff critieria , if all of them
matches
, on a cell , it will count 1 .

1st spread sheet

Date Status Place
010906 Accepted L.A
010906 Accepted L.A
010906 Pending L.A
020906 Accepeted chiago

If the date is "010906" , then the status is either accepted or
pending
and
the place is L.A . i wan the cell below to count , how to i do that ?
do i
need to create a dummy column ?
2nd spread sheet

place 010906
L.A 3