Use Countif instead of Sumif.

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Assume that you are having the Gender details in A Column.

A COL
M
F
M
F
M
M
F
M

=COUNTIF(A:A,"M")
=COUNTIF(A:A,"F")

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"ElGordo" wrote:

I have data in letter form: M=male and F= female. I have tried SUMIF but cant
get a total of aal the "M"s or"F"s in a column.What am I doing wrong as the
help pages dont ma ke it clear?