Try this:

Use cells to hold your criteria.

E1 = the rank to count
F1 = male
G1 = 2701

=SUMPRODUCT(--(A2:A100=E1),--(B2:B100=F1),--(C2:C100=G1))

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Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"gene" wrote in message
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I am trying to count the number of time a text srting appers. But, only if
it meets two other criterias. For Example I have three columb a is rank,
columb B is Gender and columb c is building. I want to count the number
of
times a particular rank appears in columb a but only if the gender is Male
and the building is 2071.

Can any one help me? By the way I need to do this in Excel 2003.