How do i write a formula to count the number of lines on a database of
information that have a date that matches todays date? Say I have a huge
database with 10,000 lines of info and I want it to look at all the info and
put a number in a cell that says how many of the lines in the datbase contain
todays date.
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na

See COUNTIF Worksheet Function in help
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"Cody" wrote in message ...
How do i write a formula to count the number of lines on a database of
information that have a date that matches todays date? Say I have a huge
database with 10,000 lines of info and I want it to look at all the info and
put a number in a cell that says how many of the lines in the datbase contain
todays date.
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na

Hi!

Try this:

=COUNTIF(A1:A10000,TODAY())

Biff

"Cody" wrote in message
...
How do i write a formula to count the number of lines on a database of
information that have a date that matches todays date? Say I have a huge
database with 10,000 lines of info and I want it to look at all the info
and
put a number in a cell that says how many of the lines in the datbase
contain
todays date.
--
na

Assuming:
You mean an Excel range of data containing dates, and
Your test date is in Cell A1, and
Your data range is in Cells B1:B10000:

Then, if the dates don't have any times (01/21/2005, but not 01/21/2005
01:30 AM) then this might work for you:
=COUNTIF(B1:B10000,A1)

If the dates listed in Col B include hours and minutes then try this:
=SUMPRODUCT(--(INT(B1:B10000)=A1))

Does that help?

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Regards,
Ron


"Cody" wrote:

How do i write a formula to count the number of lines on a database of
information that have a date that matches todays date? Say I have a huge
database with 10,000 lines of info and I want it to look at all the info and
put a number in a cell that says how many of the lines in the datbase contain
todays date.
--
na