Try this:

=Sumproduct((A1:A5="Elective")*(B1:B5="Yes"))

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HTH,

RD
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"JRD" wrote in message
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How do I count the number of cells in column A that contain a certain string
but only if the same row in column B contains a certain string

eg

A B
Elective Yes
Elective No
Urgent Yes
Urgent No
Elective Yes

How do I count the number of rows that contain Elective in column A and Yes
in column B. The answer here would be 2.