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COUNTA failing?
In a brand new worksheet in cell D1 I type =counta(d2:d4,"jones"). I get the answer 1 (one). If I then type jones into cell d3, I get 2. Why? Is there a bug in counta? Dick Penny -- dpenny ------------------------------------------------------------------------ dpenny's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=19708 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=564365 |
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COUNTA failing?
The function is doing what it is suppose to do. The "counta" function counts any string in the selected range. Your formula has two strings in the range. Frank -- fcastrofilippo ------------------------------------------------------------------------ fcastrofilippo's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=36542 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=564365 |
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COUNTA failing?
You sure you didn't mean to use =countif()?
dpenny wrote: In a brand new worksheet in cell D1 I type =counta(d2:d4,"jones"). I get the answer 1 (one). If I then type jones into cell d3, I get 2. Why? Is there a bug in counta? Dick Penny -- dpenny ------------------------------------------------------------------------ dpenny's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=19708 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=564365 -- Dave Peterson |
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COUNTA failing?
Yeah, but what's strange about this is:
=counta(d2:d4,"jones") Jones evaluates as a #VALUE! error. Depending on what version of Excel you have (XP and up) use the ToolsFormula AuditiingEvaluate Formula command. The formula evaluates straight through to the result of 1. Now, click the Insert Function icon. Notice value2 "jones" = #VALUE! Biff "fcastrofilippo" <fcastrofilippo.2bgkot_1153759207.5161@excelforu m-nospam.com wrote in message news:fcastrofilippo.2bgkot_1153759207.5161@excelfo rum-nospam.com... The function is doing what it is suppose to do. The "counta" function counts any string in the selected range. Your formula has two strings in the range. Frank -- fcastrofilippo ------------------------------------------------------------------------ fcastrofilippo's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=36542 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=564365 |
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COUNTA failing?
COUNTA simply counts the number of nonblanks in the range(s) you specify and
any values you input as arguments. In your case there is nothing in D2:D4 and you specified one other argument. Therefore the result of 1 is correct. You could put anything in cell d3 and the result would always change to 2. You can even insert a value that results in an error (like =NA() or =1/0). As Dave mentioned, I think you are using the wrong function. If you want it to count the number of cells in D2:D4 that contain "jones" use this formula =COUNTIF(D2:D4,"Jones") |
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