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counting every other cell containing text
I have a long spreadsheet and I have several columns that have text. These
cells are not consecutive but is like every fourth cell and I have to count them to perform operations like calculating percentages. If i pick a range of cells (i.e. c6:cu6) the results are going to be wrong because along the range are other cells that may have the same content. a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o 0 5 N N Y 7 3 Y N N 6 7 Y N Y now I want to count c, h, m and do some sort of computation such as =countif(c,h,m,"Y") Your assistance is greatly appreciated. |
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counting every other cell containing text
Try this:
=SUMPRODUCT(--(MOD(COLUMN(C6:CU6),5)=3),--(C6:CU6="Y")) -- Biff Microsoft Excel MVP "Jerry" wrote in message ... I have a long spreadsheet and I have several columns that have text. These cells are not consecutive but is like every fourth cell and I have to count them to perform operations like calculating percentages. If i pick a range of cells (i.e. c6:cu6) the results are going to be wrong because along the range are other cells that may have the same content. a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o 0 5 N N Y 7 3 Y N N 6 7 Y N Y now I want to count c, h, m and do some sort of computation such as =countif(c,h,m,"Y") Your assistance is greatly appreciated. |
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.. cells are not consecutive but is like every fourth cell
=countif(c,h,m,"Y") Assuming data is in row 2 down, this expression should achieve the indicative "countif" above, placed in say, P2: =SUMPRODUCT((MOD(COLUMN(C2:M2),5)=3)*(C2:M2="Y")) Copy P2 down -- Max Singapore http://savefile.com/projects/236895 xdemechanik --- "Jerry" wrote: I have a long spreadsheet and I have several columns that have text. These cells are not consecutive but is like every fourth cell and I have to count them to perform operations like calculating percentages. If i pick a range of cells (i.e. c6:cu6) the results are going to be wrong because along the range are other cells that may have the same content. a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o 0 5 N N Y 7 3 Y N N 6 7 Y N Y now I want to count c, h, m and do some sort of computation such as =countif(c,h,m,"Y") Your assistance is greatly appreciated. |
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counting every other cell containing text
What are the 5 and 3 in the column side. Is the 5 the size of the block I am
reading and the 3 the third element of that array? I am asking this because I have to perform the same operation on the following 2 columns. It worked fine for the first element that I picked up but it does not work for the next set of columns. "T. Valko" wrote: Try this: =SUMPRODUCT(--(MOD(COLUMN(C6:CU6),5)=3),--(C6:CU6="Y")) -- Biff Microsoft Excel MVP "Jerry" wrote in message ... I have a long spreadsheet and I have several columns that have text. These cells are not consecutive but is like every fourth cell and I have to count them to perform operations like calculating percentages. If i pick a range of cells (i.e. c6:cu6) the results are going to be wrong because along the range are other cells that may have the same content. a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o 0 5 N N Y 7 3 Y N N 6 7 Y N Y now I want to count c, h, m and do some sort of computation such as =countif(c,h,m,"Y") Your assistance is greatly appreciated. |
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What are the 5 and 3 in the column side.
Is the 5 the size of the block I am reading and the 3 the third element of that array? No. We need to find a pattern that we can apply to the range of cells that tells the formula which cells in the range to calculate. To see the pattern try this: Enter this formula in C1 and copy across to N1. =MOD(COLUMN(),5) Your range of interest was columns C, H, M etc. Do you see the pattern returned by the above formula? The common criteria of that pattern is the number 3. So, we tell the formula to calculate only those cells related to 3. -- Biff Microsoft Excel MVP "Jerry" wrote in message ... What are the 5 and 3 in the column side. Is the 5 the size of the block I am reading and the 3 the third element of that array? I am asking this because I have to perform the same operation on the following 2 columns. It worked fine for the first element that I picked up but it does not work for the next set of columns. "T. Valko" wrote: Try this: =SUMPRODUCT(--(MOD(COLUMN(C6:CU6),5)=3),--(C6:CU6="Y")) -- Biff Microsoft Excel MVP "Jerry" wrote in message ... I have a long spreadsheet and I have several columns that have text. These cells are not consecutive but is like every fourth cell and I have to count them to perform operations like calculating percentages. If i pick a range of cells (i.e. c6:cu6) the results are going to be wrong because along the range are other cells that may have the same content. a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o 0 5 N N Y 7 3 Y N N 6 7 Y N Y now I want to count c, h, m and do some sort of computation such as =countif(c,h,m,"Y") Your assistance is greatly appreciated. |
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