Yeah you can

=SUMPRODUCT((COUNTIF(A:A,F1:F3)))

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HTH

Bob

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"Jim May" wrote in message
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Bob, you obviously can't substitute in for the 1,4,6 Cells F1, F2,
F3(containing the 1,4 and 6).

"Bob Phillips" wrote:

=SUMPRODUCT((COUNTIF(A:A,{1,4,6})))

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Bob

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addy)

"Steve" wrote in message
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I'm entering the results of a survey into Excel. The answer to one of
the
questions was a number from 1-6. I entered all the data, then used
COUNTIF
to tell me how many respondents entered 1, how many 2, how many 3, etc.

Now I'm getting the next survey coming back, almost the same results,
but
respondents are allowed to tick multiple boxes. So someone may enter 1
and 4
and 6 to the same question!

Can I enter something like 1,4,6 in the same column and still get a
breakdown of how many respondents ticked each number? I don't think
COUNTIF
can handle this.

TIA

Steve