To sum count the number of matches use:

=SUM(--(RIGHT(A1:A5,1)="a"))

entered as an array formula by pressing and holding [Ctrl] & [Shift] while
you press [Enter]

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"Mark" wrote in message
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Error in formula corrected.


ColA ColB
1A =if(right(A1,1)="A",A1,"")
2C =if(right(A2,1)="A",A1,"")
3D =if(right(A3,1)="A",A1,"")
4E =if(right(A4,1)="A",A1,"")
5W =if(right(A5,1)="A",A1,"")
=countA(b1:b5)



"Mark" wrote:

I have a column where I'm using IF statements to return a value from
another
column if certain conditions are meet and "" otherwise. Previously I had
manually enter that information and then did a count of any cell in that
column, using COUNTA, that contain a value. But, since changing to an if
statement, COUNTA is counting every cell because every cell now has an if
statement in it. I want to count cells only when the if statement
returns a
value other than "" (blank).

How do I do this?

Here's my data
ColA ColB
1A =if(right(A1,1)="A",A1,"")
2C =if(right(A1,1)="A",A1,"")
3D =if(right(A1,1)="A",A1,"")
4E =if(right(A1,1)="A",A1,"")
5W =if(right(A1,1)="A",A1,"")
=countA(b1:b5)