There's an =countif() function that might work for you.

Debra Dalgleish has a bunch of instructions on counting functions in excel at:
http://www.contextures.com/xlFunctions04.html

And for summing cells at:
http://www.contextures.com/xlFunctions01.html

Marc wrote:

I work at a crime laboratory and produce monthly stats on the types of
evidence analyzed. The master list is about a hundred items. Some are
encountered more than others. Does anyone know a function that will return a
category if the value is greater than one and skip a category if it has a
zero value. This would be the montly report. I've tried using an IF
statement to no avail. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.



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Dave Peterson