Try this:

=SUMPRODUCT(--(A1:A10="car"),--(B1:B10=2))

Better to use cells to hold the criteria:

D1 = car
E1 = 2

=SUMPRODUCT(--(A1:A10=D1),--(B1:B10=E1))

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Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"Rebekah" wrote in message
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I have two colomns of data, I need to operate the count function only if
the
data in both colomns, within the same row are true i.e

I need to count the how many times the trade "car" happens to be a
priority
"2".

Trade Priority
CAR 2
BRI 2
ROO 2a
ELE 2a
PLU 3
CAR 2

I have tried to use =COUNTIF, =COUNT(IF

Is this possible and what is the correct formula/function to use?