Excel - calculating a percentage
 

Hi All,

I have a slight problem which I can not workout and I would be grateful fo
any help.

I have a spreadsheet with a column which contains either Pass or Fail. What
I would like to do is enter a formula at the end of the column that would
count the number of passess and taking into consideration the total number of
cells in the column convert the total number of passes into a percentage.

Any help would be apprecaited

Big G

Excel - calculating a percentage
 

use count or counta to count the total and countif to count the pass. Divide

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Don Guillett
SalesAid Software

"BigG" wrote in message
...
Hi All,

I have a slight problem which I can not workout and I would be grateful fo
any help.

I have a spreadsheet with a column which contains either Pass or Fail.
What
I would like to do is enter a formula at the end of the column that would
count the number of passess and taking into consideration the total number
of
cells in the column convert the total number of passes into a percentage.

Any help would be apprecaited

Big G

Excel - calculating a percentage
 

=COUNTIF(A1:A5,"Pass")/COUNTA(A1:A5) anf format as percentage.
Alter the range A1:A5 as appropriate.
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David Biddulph

"BigG" wrote in message
...
Hi All,

I have a slight problem which I can not workout and I would be grateful fo
any help.

I have a spreadsheet with a column which contains either Pass or Fail.
What
I would like to do is enter a formula at the end of the column that would
count the number of passess and taking into consideration the total number
of
cells in the column convert the total number of passes into a percentage.

Any help would be apprecaited

Big G

Excel - calculating a percentage
 

=COUNTIF(A3:A30,"Pass")/COUNTA(A3:A30)


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP


On Tue, 5 Dec 2006 08:37:00 -0800, BigG wrote:

Hi All,

I have a slight problem which I can not workout and I would be grateful fo
any help.

I have a spreadsheet with a column which contains either Pass or Fail. What
I would like to do is enter a formula at the end of the column that would
count the number of passess and taking into consideration the total number of
cells in the column convert the total number of passes into a percentage.

Any help would be apprecaited

Big G

Excel - calculating a percentage
 

Excellent David, thank you very much. The first part works fine but because
some of the cells within the column are blank the second part of the formula
doesn't work.

The cells within the column will either have Pass, Fail or it could be blank

Big G

"David Biddulph" wrote:

=COUNTIF(A1:A5,"Pass")/COUNTA(A1:A5) anf format as percentage.
Alter the range A1:A5 as appropriate.
--
David Biddulph

"BigG" wrote in message
...
Hi All,

I have a slight problem which I can not workout and I would be grateful fo
any help.

I have a spreadsheet with a column which contains either Pass or Fail.
What
I would like to do is enter a formula at the end of the column that would
count the number of passess and taking into consideration the total number
of
cells in the column convert the total number of passes into a percentage.

Any help would be apprecaited

Big G

Excel - calculating a percentage
 

Thank you very much Gord. Please read the reply to david's answer.

Big G

"Gord Dibben" wrote:

=COUNTIF(A3:A30,"Pass")/COUNTA(A3:A30)


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP


On Tue, 5 Dec 2006 08:37:00 -0800, BigG wrote:

Hi All,

I have a slight problem which I can not workout and I would be grateful fo
any help.

I have a spreadsheet with a column which contains either Pass or Fail. What
I would like to do is enter a formula at the end of the column that would
count the number of passess and taking into consideration the total number of
cells in the column convert the total number of passes into a percentage.

Any help would be apprecaited

Big G

Excel - calculating a percentage
 

You changed the rules.....!!

First post reads "a column which contains either Pass or Fail"

No mention of blank cells.

Try this =COUNTIF(A3:A30,"Pass")/COUNTIF(A3:A30,"<""")

Note there are three double quotes after <


Gord

On Tue, 5 Dec 2006 11:08:01 -0800, BigG wrote:

Thank you very much Gord. Please read the reply to david's answer.

Big G

"Gord Dibben" wrote:

=COUNTIF(A3:A30,"Pass")/COUNTA(A3:A30)


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP


On Tue, 5 Dec 2006 08:37:00 -0800, BigG wrote:

Hi All,

I have a slight problem which I can not workout and I would be grateful fo
any help.

I have a spreadsheet with a column which contains either Pass or Fail. What
I would like to do is enter a formula at the end of the column that would
count the number of passess and taking into consideration the total number of
cells in the column convert the total number of passes into a percentage.

Any help would be apprecaited

Big G



Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

Excel - calculating a percentage
 

Gord,

You are a star.

Cheers

Big G

"Gord Dibben" wrote:

You changed the rules.....!!

First post reads "a column which contains either Pass or Fail"

No mention of blank cells.

Try this =COUNTIF(A3:A30,"Pass")/COUNTIF(A3:A30,"<""")

Note there are three double quotes after <


Gord

On Tue, 5 Dec 2006 11:08:01 -0800, BigG wrote:

Thank you very much Gord. Please read the reply to david's answer.

Big G

"Gord Dibben" wrote:

=COUNTIF(A3:A30,"Pass")/COUNTA(A3:A30)


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP


On Tue, 5 Dec 2006 08:37:00 -0800, BigG wrote:

Hi All,

I have a slight problem which I can not workout and I would be grateful fo
any help.

I have a spreadsheet with a column which contains either Pass or Fail. What
I would like to do is enter a formula at the end of the column that would
count the number of passess and taking into consideration the total number of
cells in the column convert the total number of passes into a percentage.

Any help would be apprecaited

Big G



Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP