This is fully tested. I made sure it was not including the cells in between.
I put data in columns A - E and then included only columns A, C, E and it
did not include b and c in the sum. Why don't you try it.

"David Biddulph" wrote:

Joel,

Have you tried that formula putting a value of 3 in one or more of the
intervening cells, such as N12 and/or Y12?
Colons are used for ranges.
--
David Biddulph

"Joel" wrote in message
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=COUNTIF((x12):(z12):(m12),3)

Adding the parethesis and colons make them individual cells and not a
range.

"Carmit" wrote:

i try to add formula of "count if". the range is not from cell x to cell
y,
but it is cell x, cell z & cell M, which are not sequential.