On Saturday, August 18, 2012 8:27:50 PM UTC-7, Living the Dream wrote:
On 19/08/2012 10:36 AM, wrote:

Excel 2010



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Data1 is a named range of nine cells. The values in each cell of Data1 will always be 1 to 9 or a combination of numbers 1 to 9 and each cell will have no duplicates. And each cell could have just 1 number or perhaps three or all 9.



P1 is a cell with a Data Validation drop down list of numbers 1 to 9.



In a separate cell I have used =COUNTIF(Data1,P1) to count the number times the P1 value occurs in Data1. It does not work.



Can you suggest a formula to do this?



Thanks.

Regards,

Howard





Hi Howard



Your formula works for me using 2010, given that the Data1 is purely

digits 1 to 9. I changed it around and included 4 x 6's and a variety of

different combinations and it still worked for me.



What type of combination are you referring to, and when you say, "Not

Working", can you give an example of what the cell is displaying, if

anything.



HTH

Mick.

Hi Mick,
Thanks for the response

Here is a sample of entries for Data1. With 4 in the drop down cell P1 I would expect to return the value 5. =COUNTIF(Data1,P1) returns 0 (zero).

123456789 456 234
123 4 479
5 149 289

Howard

Have a look at the attachment. Is this what you mean?

I cannot take credit for the formula. I pinched it from another forum and adapted it to your needs.

Worth pointing out that in your example above, there are not 5 instances of 4, but rather 6 :)

Hi Howard

Well that paints a different picture in that you are wanting to count
specifically, the matching numerals within a group of numbers.

This would require the combination use of possibly MID, LEN, MATCH,
INDIRECT, essentially a fairly complex formula of which is beyond my
level of expertise I'm afraid.

Good luck

Mick.

Il 19/08/2012 06:17, ha scritto:

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Hi Mick,
Thanks for the response

Here is a sample of entries for Data1. With 4 in the drop down cell P1 I would expect to return the value 5. =COUNTIF(Data1,P1) returns 0 (zero).

123456789 456 234
123 4 479
5 149 289

Howard


Try
=SUMPRODUCT(1*NOT(ISERROR(FIND(P1,Data1))))

Hi, E.

Hi Howard,

Am Sat, 18 Aug 2012 21:17:42 -0700 (PDT) schrieb :

Here is a sample of entries for Data1. With 4 in the drop down cell P1 I would expect to return the value 5. =COUNTIF(Data1,P1) returns 0 (zero).

123456789 456 234
123 4 479
5 149 289

try:
=COUNT(SEARCH(P1,Data))
and enter the array formula with CTRL+Shift+Enter

In your example I see 6 times the 4


Regards
Claus Busch
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