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Countif formulas change after doing a sort
I'm experiencing a bit of problem recently in a few of my workbooks. 100
Formulas are in the H column counting entries in column D. The name of the sites are in column G with the formulas in column H. The formulas are to count the site names in top 100 listings in column d out of appx 3000 entries. The formula is =COUNTIF(D1:D100,G5) going all the way down to cell G105. When I do an descending sort on those cells in columns G & H, the formulas in some cells will change to any variable of d1: through d11: and :d90 to :d110 or any other number for that matter. After doing the sorts, I can fix the formulas by selecting the H Column, then doing a Edit - Replace d?: to d1:, and then :d9? to :d100 & :d1?? to :d100. My question is why do these formulas change after doing a sort. It's a PITA to fix those formulas each time I do a sort on the columns. Any help or advice to fix this snafu would be appreciated. Bob |
Countif formulas change after doing a sort
If I understand what you're asking, have you tried absolute references?
=COUNTIF($D$1:$D$100,G5) -- HTH, RD ================================================== === Please keep all correspondence within the Group, so all may benefit! ================================================== === "Bob Smith" wrote in message nk.net... I'm experiencing a bit of problem recently in a few of my workbooks. 100 Formulas are in the H column counting entries in column D. The name of the sites are in column G with the formulas in column H. The formulas are to count the site names in top 100 listings in column d out of appx 3000 entries. The formula is =COUNTIF(D1:D100,G5) going all the way down to cell G105. When I do an descending sort on those cells in columns G & H, the formulas in some cells will change to any variable of d1: through d11: and :d90 to :d110 or any other number for that matter. After doing the sorts, I can fix the formulas by selecting the H Column, then doing a Edit - Replace d?: to d1:, and then :d9? to :d100 & :d1?? to :d100. My question is why do these formulas change after doing a sort. It's a PITA to fix those formulas each time I do a sort on the columns. Any help or advice to fix this snafu would be appreciated. Bob |
Countif formulas change after doing a sort
Thanks RD, that did work and my thanks for your timely reply.
Bob "RagDyeR" wrote in message ... If I understand what you're asking, have you tried absolute references? =COUNTIF($D$1:$D$100,G5) -- HTH, RD ================================================== === Please keep all correspondence within the Group, so all may benefit! ================================================== === "Bob Smith" wrote in message nk.net... I'm experiencing a bit of problem recently in a few of my workbooks. 100 Formulas are in the H column counting entries in column D. The name of the sites are in column G with the formulas in column H. The formulas are to count the site names in top 100 listings in column d out of appx 3000 entries. The formula is =COUNTIF(D1:D100,G5) going all the way down to cell G105. When I do an descending sort on those cells in columns G & H, the formulas in some cells will change to any variable of d1: through d11: and :d90 to :d110 or any other number for that matter. After doing the sorts, I can fix the formulas by selecting the H Column, then doing a Edit - Replace d?: to d1:, and then :d9? to :d100 & :d1?? to :d100. My question is why do these formulas change after doing a sort. It's a PITA to fix those formulas each time I do a sort on the columns. Any help or advice to fix this snafu would be appreciated. Bob |
Countif formulas change after doing a sort
Thanks for the feed-back.
-- Regards, RD --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please keep all correspondence within the NewsGroup, so all may benefit ! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Bob Smith" wrote in message nk.net... Thanks RD, that did work and my thanks for your timely reply. Bob "RagDyeR" wrote in message ... If I understand what you're asking, have you tried absolute references? =COUNTIF($D$1:$D$100,G5) -- HTH, RD ================================================== === Please keep all correspondence within the Group, so all may benefit! ================================================== === "Bob Smith" wrote in message nk.net... I'm experiencing a bit of problem recently in a few of my workbooks. 100 Formulas are in the H column counting entries in column D. The name of the sites are in column G with the formulas in column H. The formulas are to count the site names in top 100 listings in column d out of appx 3000 entries. The formula is =COUNTIF(D1:D100,G5) going all the way down to cell G105. When I do an descending sort on those cells in columns G & H, the formulas in some cells will change to any variable of d1: through d11: and :d90 to :d110 or any other number for that matter. After doing the sorts, I can fix the formulas by selecting the H Column, then doing a Edit - Replace d?: to d1:, and then :d9? to :d100 & :d1?? to :d100. My question is why do these formulas change after doing a sort. It's a PITA to fix those formulas each time I do a sort on the columns. Any help or advice to fix this snafu would be appreciated. Bob |
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