Calculating the number of days worked
 

What formula will calculate the number of days in a row that have different
dates

10-Jul-05
14-Jul-05
18-Jul-05
19-Jul-05

Answer s/b 4

Thanks

Wouldn't...

=COUNT(DateRange)

give you the count you want?

Curtis wrote:
What formula will calculate the number of days in a row that have different
dates

10-Jul-05
14-Jul-05
18-Jul-05
19-Jul-05

Answer s/b 4

Thanks

Thanks...

I forgot t mention that the row could contain the same date but I do not
want to count that twice


10-Jul-05
10-jul-05
14-Jul-05
18-Jul-05
18-Jul-05
19-Jul-05

TH answer is still 4 ( the number of dyas worked)

thanks

ce


"Aladin Akyurek" wrote:

Wouldn't...

=COUNT(DateRange)

give you the count you want?

Curtis wrote:
What formula will calculate the number of days in a row that have different
dates

10-Jul-05
14-Jul-05
18-Jul-05
19-Jul-05

Answer s/b 4

Thanks

=SUMPRODUCT((Range<"")/COUNTIF(Range,Range&""))

where Range cannot be a whole column reference like A:A.

Curtis wrote:
Thanks...

I forgot t mention that the row could contain the same date but I do not
want to count that twice


10-Jul-05
10-jul-05
14-Jul-05
18-Jul-05
18-Jul-05
19-Jul-05

TH answer is still 4 ( the number of dyas worked)

thanks

ce


"Aladin Akyurek" wrote:


Wouldn't...

=COUNT(DateRange)

give you the count you want?

Curtis wrote:

What formula will calculate the number of days in a row that have different
dates

10-Jul-05
14-Jul-05
18-Jul-05
19-Jul-05

Answer s/b 4

Thanks


--

[1] The SumProduct function should implicitly coerce the truth values to
their Excel numeric equivalents.
[2] The lookup functions should have an optional argument for the return
value, defaulting to #N/A in its absence.

Thanks

ce

"Aladin Akyurek" wrote:

=SUMPRODUCT((Range<"")/COUNTIF(Range,Range&""))

where Range cannot be a whole column reference like A:A.

Curtis wrote:
Thanks...

I forgot t mention that the row could contain the same date but I do not
want to count that twice


10-Jul-05
10-jul-05
14-Jul-05
18-Jul-05
18-Jul-05
19-Jul-05

TH answer is still 4 ( the number of dyas worked)

thanks

ce


"Aladin Akyurek" wrote:


Wouldn't...

=COUNT(DateRange)

give you the count you want?

Curtis wrote:

What formula will calculate the number of days in a row that have different
dates

10-Jul-05
14-Jul-05
18-Jul-05
19-Jul-05

Answer s/b 4

Thanks


--

[1] The SumProduct function should implicitly coerce the truth values to
their Excel numeric equivalents.
[2] The lookup functions should have an optional argument for the return
value, defaulting to #N/A in its absence.