Thanks Bernie,
Countif not processing inner arrays explains a bunch of other issues I've
been having.
Dave.

"Bernie Deitrick" wrote:

Dave,

Because CountIf doesn't work that way... i.e., it does not process inner
arrays.

But this works:

=SUMPRODUCT(--(LEFT(A1:A10,4)=LEFT(A1,4)))

HTH,
Bernie
MS Excel MVP


"Dave" wrote in message
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Hi,
Can someone please tell me why I can't use the following to solve this
problem?
=COUNTIF(LEFT(A1:A10,4),LEFT(A1,4))
Regards - Dave.

"Arun" wrote:

i am entering names+a 4 digit no (eg Arun1254) in one colum
can u help me to find the text is reapeted comming rows
my datas are not sorted ..

Col A Col B

Name+ no yes/no
Arun no
vass no
arun yes
raj no
arun yes

which functinn would hepl to come yes/no in Col B