counting
 

I have dates in a column

for eg 30-aug-09 ten times
1-sep-09 5 times
3-sep-09 6 times

I want to add or count all dates of 30-aug-09 as 1
all 1-sep-09 as 2 and so on...
my goal being I want to count number of dates

pls help

afd

counting
 

hi
provided that the dates are dates with no times attached, you could use the
countif function.
with a date you want to count in A1 and all dates to count in column
A.........
=countif(A1:A25, A1)
or you could put your count date in a cell off to the side and change the
date in that cell to change the formula results.

Regards
FSt1


"afdmello" wrote:

I have dates in a column

for eg 30-aug-09 ten times
1-sep-09 5 times
3-sep-09 6 times

I want to add or count all dates of 30-aug-09 as 1
all 1-sep-09 as 2 and so on...
my goal being I want to count number of dates

pls help

afd

counting
 

Thanx FSt1 for the prompt response.

I tried that but that is not what I want as you see this is a table with
outstanding survey points checked some workdays in a construction project.
I want the number of surveys done to date. in one CELL.

I have 10 survey points for August 30, 5 points for sept 1, 6points for
sep3, 4 points on sep 4 so on...

Now I want to count the number of surveys done. and use the dates column for
doing it.
from the above data you can say ( aug30( 1), sept1(2), sep3(3), sep 4(4)) so
4 surveys done.

can this be achieved by any formula??

Afd


"FSt1" wrote in message
...
hi
provided that the dates are dates with no times attached, you could use
the
countif function.
with a date you want to count in A1 and all dates to count in column
A.........
=countif(A1:A25, A1)
or you could put your count date in a cell off to the side and change the
date in that cell to change the formula results.

Regards
FSt1


"afdmello" wrote:

I have dates in a column

for eg 30-aug-09 ten times
1-sep-09 5 times
3-sep-09 6 times

I want to add or count all dates of 30-aug-09 as 1
all 1-sep-09 as 2 and so on...
my goal being I want to count number of dates

pls help

afd

counting
 

hi
now i am a tad confused.
do you mean that you have 10 seperate entries for Aug-30 or the number 10
beside aug-30. if the first then that should be just a count formula
=count(A2:A100)
if the last, that sounds like a simple sum formula.
how is your data layed out?

Regards
FSt1

"afdmello" wrote:

Thanx FSt1 for the prompt response.

I tried that but that is not what I want as you see this is a table with
outstanding survey points checked some workdays in a construction project.
I want the number of surveys done to date. in one CELL.

I have 10 survey points for August 30, 5 points for sept 1, 6points for
sep3, 4 points on sep 4 so on...

Now I want to count the number of surveys done. and use the dates column for
doing it.
from the above data you can say ( aug30( 1), sept1(2), sep3(3), sep 4(4)) so
4 surveys done.

can this be achieved by any formula??

Afd


"FSt1" wrote in message
...
hi
provided that the dates are dates with no times attached, you could use
the
countif function.
with a date you want to count in A1 and all dates to count in column
A.........
=countif(A1:A25, A1)
or you could put your count date in a cell off to the side and change the
date in that cell to change the formula results.

Regards
FSt1


"afdmello" wrote:

I have dates in a column

for eg 30-aug-09 ten times
1-sep-09 5 times
3-sep-09 6 times

I want to add or count all dates of 30-aug-09 as 1
all 1-sep-09 as 2 and so on...
my goal being I want to count number of dates

pls help

afd

counting
 

have a column C with 10 aug 30 2009 entries For eg(C8:C17), 5 entries of
Sep 12009 (C18:C22), 6 entries for september 3 2009(C23:C28).

I want excel to calculate(count) in cell D1

Any date entry with august 30 2009 as 1
any date entry with september 1 2009 as 1
any date entry with september 3 2009 as 1
and thus make a total count
as this will give me a count of the number of survey days

hope I am able to make it clear

afd

"FSt1" wrote in message
...
hi
now i am a tad confused.
do you mean that you have 10 seperate entries for Aug-30 or the number 10
beside aug-30. if the first then that should be just a count formula
=count(A2:A100)
if the last, that sounds like a simple sum formula.
how is your data layed out?

Regards
FSt1

"afdmello" wrote:

Thanx FSt1 for the prompt response.

I tried that but that is not what I want as you see this is a table with
outstanding survey points checked some workdays in a construction
project.
I want the number of surveys done to date. in one CELL.

I have 10 survey points for August 30, 5 points for sept 1, 6points for
sep3, 4 points on sep 4 so on...

Now I want to count the number of surveys done. and use the dates column
for
doing it.
from the above data you can say ( aug30( 1), sept1(2), sep3(3), sep 4(4))
so
4 surveys done.

can this be achieved by any formula??

Afd


"FSt1" wrote in message
...
hi
provided that the dates are dates with no times attached, you could
use
the
countif function.
with a date you want to count in A1 and all dates to count in column
A.........
=countif(A1:A25, A1)
or you could put your count date in a cell off to the side and change
the
date in that cell to change the formula results.

Regards
FSt1


"afdmello" wrote:

I have dates in a column

for eg 30-aug-09 ten times
1-sep-09 5 times
3-sep-09 6 times

I want to add or count all dates of 30-aug-09 as 1
all 1-sep-09 as 2 and so on...
my goal being I want to count number of dates

pls help

afd

counting
 

It sounds like what you want is a count of the unique dates.

Assuming your dates are true Excel dates...

=SUM(--(FREQUENCY(C8:C100,C8:C100)0))

--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"afdmello" wrote in message
...
have a column C with 10 aug 30 2009 entries For eg(C8:C17), 5 entries of
Sep 12009 (C18:C22), 6 entries for september 3 2009(C23:C28).

I want excel to calculate(count) in cell D1

Any date entry with august 30 2009 as 1
any date entry with september 1 2009 as 1
any date entry with september 3 2009 as 1
and thus make a total count
as this will give me a count of the number of survey days

hope I am able to make it clear

afd

"FSt1" wrote in message
...
hi
now i am a tad confused.
do you mean that you have 10 seperate entries for Aug-30 or the number 10
beside aug-30. if the first then that should be just a count formula
=count(A2:A100)
if the last, that sounds like a simple sum formula.
how is your data layed out?

Regards
FSt1

"afdmello" wrote:

Thanx FSt1 for the prompt response.

I tried that but that is not what I want as you see this is a table with
outstanding survey points checked some workdays in a construction
project.
I want the number of surveys done to date. in one CELL.

I have 10 survey points for August 30, 5 points for sept 1, 6points for
sep3, 4 points on sep 4 so on...

Now I want to count the number of surveys done. and use the dates column
for
doing it.
from the above data you can say ( aug30( 1), sept1(2), sep3(3), sep
4(4)) so
4 surveys done.

can this be achieved by any formula??

Afd


"FSt1" wrote in message
...
hi
provided that the dates are dates with no times attached, you could
use
the
countif function.
with a date you want to count in A1 and all dates to count in column
A.........
=countif(A1:A25, A1)
or you could put your count date in a cell off to the side and change
the
date in that cell to change the formula results.

Regards
FSt1


"afdmello" wrote:

I have dates in a column

for eg 30-aug-09 ten times
1-sep-09 5 times
3-sep-09 6 times

I want to add or count all dates of 30-aug-09 as 1
all 1-sep-09 as 2 and so on...
my goal being I want to count number of dates

pls help

afd

counting
 

hi
still not sure but if i do understand try this...
=COUNT(IF(FREQUENCY(A1:A25, A1:A25)0,1))

adjust ranges to suit.
Regars
FSt1

"afdmello" wrote:

have a column C with 10 aug 30 2009 entries For eg(C8:C17), 5 entries of
Sep 12009 (C18:C22), 6 entries for september 3 2009(C23:C28).

I want excel to calculate(count) in cell D1

Any date entry with august 30 2009 as 1
any date entry with september 1 2009 as 1
any date entry with september 3 2009 as 1
and thus make a total count
as this will give me a count of the number of survey days

hope I am able to make it clear

afd

"FSt1" wrote in message
...
hi
now i am a tad confused.
do you mean that you have 10 seperate entries for Aug-30 or the number 10
beside aug-30. if the first then that should be just a count formula
=count(A2:A100)
if the last, that sounds like a simple sum formula.
how is your data layed out?

Regards
FSt1

"afdmello" wrote:

Thanx FSt1 for the prompt response.

I tried that but that is not what I want as you see this is a table with
outstanding survey points checked some workdays in a construction
project.
I want the number of surveys done to date. in one CELL.

I have 10 survey points for August 30, 5 points for sept 1, 6points for
sep3, 4 points on sep 4 so on...

Now I want to count the number of surveys done. and use the dates column
for
doing it.
from the above data you can say ( aug30( 1), sept1(2), sep3(3), sep 4(4))
so
4 surveys done.

can this be achieved by any formula??

Afd


"FSt1" wrote in message
...
hi
provided that the dates are dates with no times attached, you could
use
the
countif function.
with a date you want to count in A1 and all dates to count in column
A.........
=countif(A1:A25, A1)
or you could put your count date in a cell off to the side and change
the
date in that cell to change the formula results.

Regards
FSt1


"afdmello" wrote:

I have dates in a column

for eg 30-aug-09 ten times
1-sep-09 5 times
3-sep-09 6 times

I want to add or count all dates of 30-aug-09 as 1
all 1-sep-09 as 2 and so on...
my goal being I want to count number of dates

pls help

afd

counting
 

Hi,

You can also try this. This formula assumes that there are no blanks in the
range

=sumproduct(1/countif(range,range))

--
Regards,

Ashish Mathur
Microsoft Excel MVP
www.ashishmathur.com

"afdmello" wrote in message
...
I have dates in a column

for eg 30-aug-09 ten times
1-sep-09 5 times
3-sep-09 6 times

I want to add or count all dates of 30-aug-09 as 1
all 1-sep-09 as 2 and so on...
my goal being I want to count number of dates

pls help

afd

counting
 

Thank you very much FSt1. I counted the dates and it was tallying with the
result of your formula.
why does the frequency have the same range.
I tried to learn the significance of frequency why does the cell with ONLY
the frequency formuala always return a result of 10

Thanks once again

Afd
"FSt1" wrote in message
...
hi
still not sure but if i do understand try this...
=COUNT(IF(FREQUENCY(A1:A25, A1:A25)0,1))

adjust ranges to suit.
Regars
FSt1

"afdmello" wrote:

have a column C with 10 aug 30 2009 entries For eg(C8:C17), 5 entries of
Sep 12009 (C18:C22), 6 entries for september 3 2009(C23:C28).

I want excel to calculate(count) in cell D1

Any date entry with august 30 2009 as 1
any date entry with september 1 2009 as 1
any date entry with september 3 2009 as 1
and thus make a total count
as this will give me a count of the number of survey days

hope I am able to make it clear

afd

"FSt1" wrote in message
...
hi
now i am a tad confused.
do you mean that you have 10 seperate entries for Aug-30 or the number
10
beside aug-30. if the first then that should be just a count formula
=count(A2:A100)
if the last, that sounds like a simple sum formula.
how is your data layed out?

Regards
FSt1

"afdmello" wrote:

Thanx FSt1 for the prompt response.

I tried that but that is not what I want as you see this is a table
with
outstanding survey points checked some workdays in a construction
project.
I want the number of surveys done to date. in one CELL.

I have 10 survey points for August 30, 5 points for sept 1, 6points
for
sep3, 4 points on sep 4 so on...

Now I want to count the number of surveys done. and use the dates
column
for
doing it.
from the above data you can say ( aug30( 1), sept1(2), sep3(3), sep
4(4))
so
4 surveys done.

can this be achieved by any formula??

Afd


"FSt1" wrote in message
...
hi
provided that the dates are dates with no times attached, you could
use
the
countif function.
with a date you want to count in A1 and all dates to count in column
A.........
=countif(A1:A25, A1)
or you could put your count date in a cell off to the side and
change
the
date in that cell to change the formula results.

Regards
FSt1


"afdmello" wrote:

I have dates in a column

for eg 30-aug-09 ten times
1-sep-09 5 times
3-sep-09 6 times

I want to add or count all dates of 30-aug-09 as 1
all 1-sep-09 as 2 and so on...
my goal being I want to count number of dates

pls help

afd