Thanks

Can you tell me what -- does before the paratheses?

John

"T. Valko" wrote:

Try this:

=SUMPRODUCT(--(A1:A5="Elective"),--(B1:B5="Yes"))

Better to use cells to hold the criteria.

D1 = Elective
E1 = Yes

=SUMPRODUCT(--(A1:A5=D1),--(B1:B5=E1))

--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"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.