want if cell containts text, then increase count by one
I want to have an If/Then statement that looks for text in a cell and then
increases a count by 1. =If(B33="text"),("b40+1"), ("")) This is about what I have, but I want something that would read something like: If cell b33 contains this text, then add 1 to cell b40, if not then do nothing. Thanks, Louise |
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Click Tools Options Calculation tab Check "Iteration" Input a "1" in the "Max iterations" and "Max change" boxes Click OK Now put in B40: =IF(TRIM(B33)="text",B40+1,B40) See also JE's notes and caveats at : http://www.mcgimpsey.com/excel/accumulator.html Look for: - Single cell accumulator - Worksheet Function Accumulator (using Circular References) -- Rgds Max xl 97 --- GMT+8, 1° 22' N 103° 45' E xdemechanik <atyahoo<dotcom ---- "lsundae" wrote in message ... I want to have an If/Then statement that looks for text in a cell and then increases a count by 1. =If(B33="text"),("b40+1"), ("")) This is about what I have, but I want something that would read something like: If cell b33 contains this text, then add 1 to cell b40, if not then do nothing. Thanks, Louise |
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this is not really possible with formulas. you'll need VBA for this or a helper cell "lsundae" wrote: I want to have an If/Then statement that looks for text in a cell and then increases a count by 1. =If(B33="text"),("b40+1"), ("")) This is about what I have, but I want something that would read something like: If cell b33 contains this text, then add 1 to cell b40, if not then do nothing. Thanks, Louise |
=IF(B33="text",B40+1,B40)
.. enter <text in B33 and 5 in B40 if this is so the cell where you enter the above will be 6 if this not so the cell will be 5 is this what you want Frank Kabel wrote in message ... Hi this is not really possible with formulas. you'll need VBA for this or a helper cell "lsundae" wrote: I want to have an If/Then statement that looks for text in a cell and then increases a count by 1. =If(B33="text"),("b40+1"), ("")) This is about what I have, but I want something that would read something like: If cell b33 contains this text, then add 1 to cell b40, if not then do nothing. Thanks, Louise |
"Frank Kabel" wrote
.... this is not really possible with formulas. Thought the example suggested earlier using a formula in *B40* itself (with the iteration settings) seems to work ok under light testing .. of course, within bounds of the caveats mentioned in JE's: http://www.mcgimpsey.com/excel/accumulator.html Worksheet Function Accumulator (using Circular References) -- Rgds Max xl 97 -- GMT+8, 1° 22' N 103° 45' E xdemechanik <atyahoo<dotcom --- |
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