THANKS!

i had no idea i that function worked on text! FANTASTIC!



On Feb 13, 11:09*am, Mike H wrote:
Hi,

Try this

=SUMPRODUCT((A1:A20="Bob")*(B1:B20="Smith"))

Mike



"rjre" wrote:
In column A I have a list of FIRST names and in column B I have a list
of LAST names.

How can I count the number of people with "SMITH" as the LAST name
ONLY if they have "BOB" as a FIRST name?

I have a tried a few things but have got a bit of brain freeze...

Any suggestions?

Thanks

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