great! got confused when first saw the format/cell/custom, but then I got it.

thank you, David!

"David Biddulph" wrote:

If you're wanting the "A=3" together in one cell, you could use
=B1&"="&COUNTIF(A1:A100,B1) or ="A="&COUNTIF(A1:A100,"A") , but that would
produce a text output on which you couldn't perform further arithmetic.
If you do want to do further arithmetic based on the result, you could
format the cell in which you have the value 3, and use Format/ Cell/ Custom/
"A="0
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David Biddulph

"Brie" wrote in message
...
it's okay Mike.

i've tricked it by writing down the cell reference, in this case "A", in
one
column and put the countif in another column.

it's quite adequate for my purpose anyway.

you've been a big help afterall.

brie

"Mike H" wrote:

Hi,

No you cant do that in the way you think because "a=3" is a string of
characters and the formula would look for that literal string in the
range of
cells.

If you post exactly what you are trying to do in evaluating the value of
A
then I'm sure someone can help.

Mike

"Brie" wrote:

wow, thx Mike! it works!

do you know if i can put "A=3" instead of just the total count?

brie

"Mike H" wrote:

Try,

=COUNTIF(A1:A100,"A")

The "A" could be a cell reference where that cell contains what you
are
trying to count.

=COUNTIF(A1:A100,B1)

Mike

"Brie" wrote:

i want to filter and count the data in 1 column

4 eg. i have 3 different data, i.e. A, B and C.

Total A+B+C = 10 entries.

A=3 entries, B=4, C=4.

how to generate this data using formula or filter?

many thx.

brie