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COUNTIF & data validation from a drop down
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Could someone help... I have yes/no/N/A list in various cells i would like to cout how many no's there are when i use the countif formula, it won't work and returns the value of 0 when clearly a cell has a no in it. i'm using "=COUNTIF(D10:D14,"No")" -- kelly m johnson UK |
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Maybe that's not all the cell contains?
Any extra spaces in the cells? In E10 enter =TRIM(D10) copy down to D14 Use your countif on E10:E14..........any better? Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Tue, 5 Jun 2007 10:27:01 -0700, Kelly 1st wrote: Hey Could someone help... I have yes/no/N/A list in various cells i would like to cout how many no's there are when i use the countif formula, it won't work and returns the value of 0 when clearly a cell has a no in it. i'm using "=COUNTIF(D10:D14,"No")" |
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Check if cells have added blanks e.g "No " will not match
OR try: =COUNTIF(D10:D14,"No*") "Kelly 1st" wrote: Hey Could someone help... I have yes/no/N/A list in various cells i would like to cout how many no's there are when i use the countif formula, it won't work and returns the value of 0 when clearly a cell has a no in it. i'm using "=COUNTIF(D10:D14,"No")" -- kelly m johnson UK |
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Thank you to you both!!
-- kelly m johnson Great Britain "Gord Dibben" wrote: Maybe that's not all the cell contains? Any extra spaces in the cells? In E10 enter =TRIM(D10) copy down to D14 Use your countif on E10:E14..........any better? Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Tue, 5 Jun 2007 10:27:01 -0700, Kelly 1st wrote: Hey Could someone help... I have yes/no/N/A list in various cells i would like to cout how many no's there are when i use the countif formula, it won't work and returns the value of 0 when clearly a cell has a no in it. i'm using "=COUNTIF(D10:D14,"No")" |
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