COUNTIF or COUNTIF
Hello All
I am trying to write a function so that if A or N appear in a row, the number of occurances will be counted and logged. If the result = 0 then that row will be deleted. If have it working with a COUNTIF for one variable, and I understand that nesting more than one does not work. Despite searching, I have only found solutions for satisfying two variables at once (ie. AND), however I need a function to count whether an A OR an N OR both occur. (It is not the end of the world if when both an A and an N are found the results are not summed to give the total number of occurances...as long as the result retunred is <0 it would satisfy the need). Any advice would be greatly appreciated Andy |
COUNTIF or COUNTIF
I'm not sure from your description if A or N can appear together in
the same cell, but you could try this approach: =COUNTIF(2:2,"A") + COUNTIF(2:2,"N") which will be 0 if either A or N (alone) appears in row 2. If A or N could be in the same cell, then you could include wildcards inthe COUNTIF terms. Hope this helps. Pete On May 14, 4:14*pm, wrote: Hello All I am trying to write a function so that if A or N appear in a row, the number of occurances will be counted and logged. If the result = 0 then that row will be deleted. If have it working with a COUNTIF for one variable, and I understand that nesting more than one does not work. Despite searching, I have only found solutions for satisfying two variables at once (ie. AND), however I need a function to count whether an A OR an N OR both occur. (It is not the end of the world if when both an A and an N are found the results are not summed to give the total number of occurances...as long as the result retunred is <0 it would satisfy the need). Any advice would be greatly appreciated Andy |
COUNTIF or COUNTIF
=SUM(COUNTIF(2:2,{"A","N"}))
-- HTH Bob (there's no email, no snail mail, but somewhere should be gmail in my addy) wrote in message ... Hello All I am trying to write a function so that if A or N appear in a row, the number of occurances will be counted and logged. If the result = 0 then that row will be deleted. If have it working with a COUNTIF for one variable, and I understand that nesting more than one does not work. Despite searching, I have only found solutions for satisfying two variables at once (ie. AND), however I need a function to count whether an A OR an N OR both occur. (It is not the end of the world if when both an A and an N are found the results are not summed to give the total number of occurances...as long as the result retunred is <0 it would satisfy the need). Any advice would be greatly appreciated Andy |
COUNTIF or COUNTIF
Many thanks Bob and Pete. Sheet is working a charm now!
Andy |
COUNTIF or COUNTIF
Thanks for feeding back.
Pete On May 15, 8:27*am, wrote: Many thanks Bob and Pete. Sheet is working a charm now! Andy |
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