COUNTIF and wildcards
Hi again,
I have a stats sheet that currently looks at another worksheet and uses COUNTIF functions to total up certain categories. I've run into a problem with the following: Under "Field Goals Made" I was hoping to use the following: =COUNTIF(PbyPQ1!$A$3:$A$150,"Matt Penkala - Jump Shot:Made") Problem is, the sheet that this formula gets the data from (PbyPQ1) varies in the wording. If that is the first basket Matt Penkala made then it show's like this: Matt Penkala - Jump Shot:Made [2 PTS] Next would be: Matt Penkala - Jump Shot:Made [4 PTS] So I only want to search the first part (Matt Penkala - Jump Shot:Made). I keep track of the points in another section so I don't need it here. I've read through some old posts and it seems like I need to use the LEFT function, just not sure how. Thanks! Matt |
COUNTIF and wildcards
You can use wildcard characters in COUNTIF, so try it like this:
=COUNTIF(PbyPQ1!$A$3:$A$150,"Matt Penkala - Jump Shot:Made*") No need for LEFT. Hope this helps. Pete On May 29, 1:10*am, mpenkala wrote: Hi again, I have a stats sheet that currently looks at another worksheet and uses COUNTIF functions to total up certain categories. *I've run into a problem with the following: Under "Field Goals Made" I was hoping to use the following: =COUNTIF(PbyPQ1!$A$3:$A$150,"Matt Penkala - Jump Shot:Made") Problem is, the sheet that this formula gets the data from (PbyPQ1) varies in the wording. *If that is the first basket Matt Penkala made then it show's like this: Matt Penkala - Jump Shot:Made [2 PTS] Next would be: Matt Penkala - Jump Shot:Made [4 PTS] So I only want to search the first part (Matt Penkala - Jump Shot:Made). *I keep track of the points in another section so I don't need it here. *I've read through some old posts and it seems like I need to use the LEFT function, just not sure how. Thanks! Matt |
COUNTIF and wildcards
Hey Pete,
thanks a bunch, this works perfect. Cheers, Matt "Pete_UK" wrote: You can use wildcard characters in COUNTIF, so try it like this: =COUNTIF(PbyPQ1!$A$3:$A$150,"Matt Penkala - Jump Shot:Made*") No need for LEFT. Hope this helps. Pete On May 29, 1:10 am, mpenkala wrote: Hi again, I have a stats sheet that currently looks at another worksheet and uses COUNTIF functions to total up certain categories. I've run into a problem with the following: Under "Field Goals Made" I was hoping to use the following: =COUNTIF(PbyPQ1!$A$3:$A$150,"Matt Penkala - Jump Shot:Made") Problem is, the sheet that this formula gets the data from (PbyPQ1) varies in the wording. If that is the first basket Matt Penkala made then it show's like this: Matt Penkala - Jump Shot:Made [2 PTS] Next would be: Matt Penkala - Jump Shot:Made [4 PTS] So I only want to search the first part (Matt Penkala - Jump Shot:Made). I keep track of the points in another section so I don't need it here. I've read through some old posts and it seems like I need to use the LEFT function, just not sure how. Thanks! Matt |
COUNTIF and wildcards
Glad to hear that, Matt - thanks for feeding back.
Pete On May 29, 1:25*pm, mpenkala wrote: Hey Pete, thanks a bunch, this works perfect. Cheers, Matt |
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