I've got a worksheet that uses the following countif function:

{=COUNT(IF((bay.cost.1=B97)*(dept.1="DOTAG"),bay.c ost.1))}

and it works, B97 is a currency value.

In another worksheet I have

{=COUNT(IF((mhc.lease.no=F17)*(mhc.dept="DOTAG"),m hc.lease.no))}

Where F17 is a text field, but the second one doesn't work.

However, this works instead

{=SUM(IF((mhc.lease.no=F17)*(mhc.dept="DCS"),1,0)) }

Is there any reason why the first countif works but not the second?

Hi,

Have you tried :
{=COUNT(IF(--(mhc.lease.no=F17)*(mhc.dept="DOTAG"),mhc.lease.no ))}


HTH
Carim

Is there any reason why the first countif works but not the second?
{=COUNT(IF((bay.cost.1=B97)*(dept.1="DOTAG"),bay. cost.1))}
and it works, B97 is a currency value.

It works because bay.cost.1 are numeric values and that's what COUNT does.
It counts numbers.

{=COUNT(IF((mhc.lease.no=F17)*(mhc.dept="DOTAG"), mhc.lease.no))}

Your other formula would like this:

{=COUNT(IF((mhc.lease.no=F17)*(mhc.dept="DOTAG"),1 ))}

However, there's a better way to do this using non-array formulas:

=SUMPRODUCT(--(bay.cost.1=B97),--(dept.1="DOTAG"))

=SUMPRODUCT(--(mhc.lease.no=F17),--(mhc.dept="DOTAG"))

Biff

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I've got a worksheet that uses the following countif function:

{=COUNT(IF((bay.cost.1=B97)*(dept.1="DOTAG"),bay.c ost.1))}

and it works, B97 is a currency value.

In another worksheet I have

{=COUNT(IF((mhc.lease.no=F17)*(mhc.dept="DOTAG"),m hc.lease.no))}

Where F17 is a text field, but the second one doesn't work.

However, this works instead

{=SUM(IF((mhc.lease.no=F17)*(mhc.dept="DCS"),1,0)) }

Is there any reason why the first countif works but not the second?

Ooops! Missing word: (how do we miss entire words?)

Your other formula would like this:
{=COUNT(IF((mhc.lease.no=F17)*(mhc.dept="DOTAG"), 1))}

Should be:

Your other formula would work like this:

Biff

"Biff" wrote in message
...
Is there any reason why the first countif works but not the second?
{=COUNT(IF((bay.cost.1=B97)*(dept.1="DOTAG"),bay .cost.1))}
and it works, B97 is a currency value.

It works because bay.cost.1 are numeric values and that's what COUNT does.
It counts numbers.

{=COUNT(IF((mhc.lease.no=F17)*(mhc.dept="DOTAG") ,mhc.lease.no))}

Your other formula would like this:

{=COUNT(IF((mhc.lease.no=F17)*(mhc.dept="DOTAG"),1 ))}

However, there's a better way to do this using non-array formulas:

=SUMPRODUCT(--(bay.cost.1=B97),--(dept.1="DOTAG"))

=SUMPRODUCT(--(mhc.lease.no=F17),--(mhc.dept="DOTAG"))

Biff

"Santa-D" wrote in message
ups.com...
I've got a worksheet that uses the following countif function:

{=COUNT(IF((bay.cost.1=B97)*(dept.1="DOTAG"),bay.c ost.1))}

and it works, B97 is a currency value.

In another worksheet I have

{=COUNT(IF((mhc.lease.no=F17)*(mhc.dept="DOTAG"),m hc.lease.no))}

Where F17 is a text field, but the second one doesn't work.

However, this works instead

{=SUM(IF((mhc.lease.no=F17)*(mhc.dept="DCS"),1,0)) }

Is there any reason why the first countif works but not the second?

{=COUNT(IF((mhc.lease.no=F17)*(mhc.dept="DOTAG"),m hc.lease.no))}

For this model, you have to use COUNTA instead of COUNT



"Santa-D" wrote:

I've got a worksheet that uses the following countif function:

{=COUNT(IF((bay.cost.1=B97)*(dept.1="DOTAG"),bay.c ost.1))}

and it works, B97 is a currency value.

In another worksheet I have

{=COUNT(IF((mhc.lease.no=F17)*(mhc.dept="DOTAG"),m hc.lease.no))}

Where F17 is a text field, but the second one doesn't work.

However, this works instead

{=SUM(IF((mhc.lease.no=F17)*(mhc.dept="DCS"),1,0)) }

Is there any reason why the first countif works but not the second?

Biff wrote...
....
Your other formula would like this:

{=COUNT(IF((mhc.lease.no=F17)*(mhc.dept="DOTAG"), 1))}
....

Or it could look like

=COUNT(1/((mhc.lease.no=F17)*(mhc.dept="DOTAG")))

but agree that SUMPRODUCT would be better.

Hi everyone, thank you for your help & support. It's been fantastic.

=SUMPRODUCT(--(mhc.lease.no=F17),--(mhc.dept="DOTAG"))

What does the -- represent?
I've been looking in a few ebooks that I have and i'm unable to locate
any reference to the "--"

It coerces a True/False result into a 1/0.

Best place to read up on this is Bob Phillips site. He gets into this
just over half way through this article:
http://www.xldynamic.com/source/xld.SUMPRODUCT.html

HTH,

Ken Puls, CMA - Microsoft MVP (Excel)
www.excelguru.ca

Santa-D wrote:
=SUMPRODUCT(--(mhc.lease.no=F17),--(mhc.dept="DOTAG"))

What does the -- represent?
I've been looking in a few ebooks that I have and i'm unable to locate
any reference to the "--"