I can't get your formula to work

Kind of vague. What exactly does that mean? You get an error? You get the
wrong result? You don't get any result? Your hard drive crashed?

Post the *exact* formula you tried.

what does the -- stand for?

See this:

http://xldynamic.com/source/xld.SUMPRODUCT.html

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Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"ksean" wrote in message
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I can't get your formula to work as you have shown it, in your formula what
does the -- stand for? I am still missing something!



"T. Valko" wrote:

Try this...

=SUMPRODUCT(--(Master!D1:D10="blue"),--(Master!E1:E10="frisbee"))

Better to use cells to hold the criteria:

A1 = blue
B1 = frisbee

=SUMPRODUCT(--(Master!D1:D10=A1),--(Master!E1:E10=B1))

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Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"ksean" wrote in message
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Thanks it worked great however now I need to expand the search across 2
columns on a different sheet.

For example:
I need cell B5 on sheet 'stock' to tell me how many times column D on
sheet
'Master' displays "blue" and column E displays "frisbee". I am trying
to
determine how many times "blue" and "frisbee" appear on the same row
side
by
side.

Thanks,
Kerry



"T. Valko" wrote:

Try this:

=COUNTIF(A1:A300,"A1")

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Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"ksean" wrote in message
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Is there a way to use a formula to determine how many times an
alphanumeric
value is used in a column of cells.

For example a column consisting of 300 cells that have one of the
folloing
notations in each cell "A1, A2, B1, B2, B3, C1, C2 or C3".

Can a formula be used to determine how many times A2 appears in the
column
if so what formula would I use?

Can a formula be used to determine how many times A1 or B3 or C2
appears
in
the column if so what formula would I use?


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