Maybe...
=sumproduct(--(a1:a10="V001"),--(left(c1:c10,2)="o "))
Adjust the ranges to match--but you can't use whole columns (except in xl2007).
=sumproduct() likes to work with numbers. The -- stuff changes trues and falses
to 1's and 0's.
Bob Phillips explains =sumproduct() in much more detail he
http://www.xldynamic.com/source/xld.SUMPRODUCT.html
And J.E. McGimpsey has some notes at:
http://mcgimpsey.com/excel/formulae/doubleneg.html
DianeC wrote:
Column A: Column C:
row1: V001 Done
row2: V001 O 1234
row3: V001 O 2345
row4: V002 Received Blank
row5: V002, etc. Done
End result needs to be the number of "O"s for V001. (which should be "2")
I tried the countif formula and it works as long as I don't use the wildcard
"*" - which I don't need for the "Done" and "Received Blank" entries. Once I
add the "*" to the formula to add up all the "O", it returns a value of 0.
What formula should I use since I need to use the wildcard?
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Dave Peterson