I need excel to count the number of rows which contain both of two
conditions in seperate cells. the condtions are a specified number AND
a specified letter, if the row only contains one of either conditions i
need excel to ignore it, but if it contains both then count it as one.
I have used the SUMPRODUCT function but it doesnt seem to work, im
guessing because one of the conditions is text not numerical

any ideas?
many thanks


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Sam

a couple of ways:

=SUMPRODUCT((A2:A29=1)*(B2:B29="a"))

=SUMPRODUCT(--(A2:A29=1),--(B2:B29="a"))

Same effect, slightly different ways of doing it

Note that

=SUMPRODUCT((A2:A29=1),(B2:B29="a"))

does *not* work

Regards

Trevor


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I need excel to count the number of rows which contain both of two
conditions in seperate cells. the condtions are a specified number AND
a specified letter, if the row only contains one of either conditions i
need excel to ignore it, but if it contains both then count it as one.
I have used the SUMPRODUCT function but it doesnt seem to work, im
guessing because one of the conditions is text not numerical

any ideas?
many thanks


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Are these values in specific columns, or are you saying you want to test if
the value is in any cell in the row?

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I need excel to count the number of rows which contain both of two
conditions in seperate cells. the condtions are a specified number AND
a specified letter, if the row only contains one of either conditions i
need excel to ignore it, but if it contains both then count it as one.
I have used the SUMPRODUCT function but it doesnt seem to work, im
guessing because one of the conditions is text not numerical

any ideas?
many thanks


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