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Counta not counting correctly!!
Ok, I'm tearing my hair out.
I have Excel 2003. I have a very simple formula to count the number of "yes" answers in a column but it isn't calculating correctly. =counta(c22:c29,"*y*") should = 8 (In this instance all the answers are yes) but instead it is returning an answer of 9. There are no hidden rows or columns. What could cause this? I have many other columns to apply this formula to, many of them are much longer than this one which I can easily see isn't coming out correctly - I need to know my formula is working correctly! thanks, Meenie |
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Counta not counting correctly!!
Nevermind, should have used countif, lol. Where is my head today? (don't
answer that!!) "Meenie" wrote: Ok, I'm tearing my hair out. I have Excel 2003. I have a very simple formula to count the number of "yes" answers in a column but it isn't calculating correctly. =counta(c22:c29,"*y*") should = 8 (In this instance all the answers are yes) but instead it is returning an answer of 9. There are no hidden rows or columns. What could cause this? I have many other columns to apply this formula to, many of them are much longer than this one which I can easily see isn't coming out correctly - I need to know my formula is working correctly! thanks, Meenie |
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Counta not counting correctly!!
Hi,
COUNTA is the wrong function, try this =COUNTIF(C22:C29,"Yes") or if you mean contains the string yes among other words try this =COUNTIF(C22:C29,"*Yes*") Mike "Meenie" wrote: Ok, I'm tearing my hair out. I have Excel 2003. I have a very simple formula to count the number of "yes" answers in a column but it isn't calculating correctly. =counta(c22:c29,"*y*") should = 8 (In this instance all the answers are yes) but instead it is returning an answer of 9. There are no hidden rows or columns. What could cause this? I have many other columns to apply this formula to, many of them are much longer than this one which I can easily see isn't coming out correctly - I need to know my formula is working correctly! thanks, Meenie |
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