Try it this way:

=SUM(IF(T26=MID('[PriceToSales_Download.xls]CS (1M) - Q'!$A$5:$A
$269,5,2),1,0))

Note that this is an array formula, which means that you have to
commit it using the key combination of CTRL-SHIFT-ENTER (CSE) instead
of the usual <Enter. If you do this correctly then Excel will wrap
curly braces { } around the formula when viewed in the formula bar -
you should not type these yourself. If you subsequently amend or edit
the formula you need to use CSE again.

Another way which does not need to be array-entered is:

=SUMPRODUCT(--(T26=MID('[PriceToSales_Download.xls]CS (1M) - Q'!$A$5:$A
$269))

Hope this helps.

Pete

On Mar 18, 12:33*pm, Bongard wrote:
Hi, I am trying to get this countif function to work with the mid
function and can't seem to get it to count more than 1 instance. Here
is my formula below. The result that should be returned is 22, and
it's returning 1. Any help would be appreciated.

=COUNT(IF(T26=MID('[PriceToSales_Download.xls]CS (1M) - Q'!$A$5:$A
$269,5,2),'[PriceToSales_Download.xls]CS (1M) - Q'!$A$5:$A$269))

Also, I looked at other posts and couldn't seem to get any of the
solutions to work with my case.

Thanks for your help,
Brian