With
Col_A containing some "Y" values
AND
Col_B contains numbers ONLY when Col_A contains "N"

This formula counts "Y" values in Col_A plus cells containing 5 or 4 in Col_B:
=COUNTIF(A1:A11,"Y")+SUM(COUNTIF(B1:B11,{4,5}))

With your sample data, the formula returns 9 (6 "Y" cells + 3 cells with 5
or 4)

Is that something you can work with?
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Regards,
Ron

XL2003, WinXP


"Derek" wrote:

Hi, first time poster, long time reader here.

My question maybe quite basic so please bear with me.

What I am trying to do is to count the number of "N"s in a column that
happen to be in the same row with another column that shows a 4 or 5.

To illustrate:

N 5
Y
Y
Y
N 4
Y
N 5
Y

Y
N 1

As you can see above, both the first and second column can contain blanks.
The formula I am trying to get is to count the number of "Y"s in column 1
(already know how) and add that to the number of "N"s which correspond with a
4 or 5 in column 2 (column 2 is only filled if column 1 shows an N, and
contains one of the numbers between 1 to 5)

I hope that made sense.

Thanks in advance for your help!