=sumproduct(--(left(A1:A100,1)="y"))

Bob Umlas
Excel MVP

"Steve" wrote in message
...
Hi,

I have a spreadsheet that asks "yes" or "no" questions. I want to assign
a
value of 1 to all yes reponses and a value of 0 for all no responses. I
also
want to tabulate these (yes responses). I also want to be able to include
a
"Y" response as well as a "Yes" response to be the same value (1).

Any help out there?

Thanks,

Steve