Try this:

=SUMPRODUCT(COUNTIF(D2:AC1000,A1:A7))

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Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"Fred Smith" wrote in message
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I have data in cells d2:ac1000. I have another table of items I am looking
for in a1:a7. For each row of my data, I'd like to know if there's any
matches to items in the table. I know I could sum a bunch of Countifs, as
in:

=countif(d2:ac1000,a1)+countif(d2:ac1000,a2)+...

Is there a simpler formula I could use that would support expansion of the
table more easily?

Thanks,
Fred.