I'm a fairly new excel user and need some advice on how to count the number
of cells with a specific value in a column. I know that you can use the
=COUNTIF(range, "criteria") ifunction in this manner, but I have so many
values that I want to automate this. Is there anyway that I can keep the
range constant (i.e. always E2:E597 instead of shifting from E3:E598 as I
proceed down the column), but change the criteria (i.e.
=COUNTIF(E2:E597,"D2")) where D2 is the value of cell D2, not the actual
value "D2"?
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thanks for the advice!