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Count occurrences of values in a column??!!
If I've got a column with lots of different values in, but they can be repeated, eg: Bob Sarah Steve Sarah Sarah Bob Jim etc etc. Is there a way I can split them up by value and count the number of times each value appeared, keeping in mind that the values entered will be different all the time so I can't set a list of values to check through, they could be anything. So say for the list above, I'd want to get the following displayed somewhere for printing: Bob 2 Sarah 3 Steve 1 Jim 1 Any help would be most appreciated!! -- me123 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ me123's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=34312 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=540776 |
Count occurrences of values in a column??!!
=COUNTIF(A:A,"Bob")
etc. -- HTH Bob Phillips (remove xxx from email address if mailing direct) "me123" wrote in message ... If I've got a column with lots of different values in, but they can be repeated, eg: Bob Sarah Steve Sarah Sarah Bob Jim etc etc. Is there a way I can split them up by value and count the number of times each value appeared, keeping in mind that the values entered will be different all the time so I can't set a list of values to check through, they could be anything. So say for the list above, I'd want to get the following displayed somewhere for printing: Bob 2 Sarah 3 Steve 1 Jim 1 Any help would be most appreciated!! -- me123 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ me123's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=34312 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=540776 |
Count occurrences of values in a column??!!
Read Help and learn about Pivot Table then come back form more explanations
best wishes -- Bernard V Liengme www.stfx.ca/people/bliengme remove caps from email "me123" wrote in message ... If I've got a column with lots of different values in, but they can be repeated, eg: Bob Sarah Steve Sarah Sarah Bob Jim etc etc. Is there a way I can split them up by value and count the number of times each value appeared, keeping in mind that the values entered will be different all the time so I can't set a list of values to check through, they could be anything. So say for the list above, I'd want to get the following displayed somewhere for printing: Bob 2 Sarah 3 Steve 1 Jim 1 Any help would be most appreciated!! -- me123 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ me123's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=34312 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=540776 |
Count occurrences of values in a column??!!
More about Pivot tables:
Debra Dalgleish's pictures at Jon Peltier's site: http://peltiertech.com/Excel/Pivots/pivottables.htm And Debra's own site: http://www.contextures.com/xlPivot01.html John Walkenbach also has some at: http://j-walk.com/ss/excel/files/general.htm (look for Tony Gwynn's Hit Database) Chip Pearson keeps Harald Staff's notes at: http://www.cpearson.com/excel/pivots.htm MS has some at (xl2000 and xl2002): http://office.microsoft.com/downloads/2000/XCrtPiv.aspx http://office.microsoft.com/assistan...lconPT101.aspx -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Bernard V Liengme www.stfx.ca/people/bliengme remove caps from email "Bernard Liengme" wrote in message ... Read Help and learn about Pivot Table then come back form more explanations best wishes -- Bernard V Liengme www.stfx.ca/people/bliengme remove caps from email "me123" wrote in message ... If I've got a column with lots of different values in, but they can be repeated, eg: Bob Sarah Steve Sarah Sarah Bob Jim etc etc. Is there a way I can split them up by value and count the number of times each value appeared, keeping in mind that the values entered will be different all the time so I can't set a list of values to check through, they could be anything. So say for the list above, I'd want to get the following displayed somewhere for printing: Bob 2 Sarah 3 Steve 1 Jim 1 Any help would be most appreciated!! -- me123 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ me123's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=34312 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=540776 |
Count occurrences of values in a column??!!
I know how to count the values if I know what the string to look for is going to be, but I won't know the strings in advance so I need to do something more than this. Thanks though :) I can see what the pivot table does, but how do I then count the occurrences? I want to get it to appear just in cells next door to each other on the bottom of the list if possible. Bob Phillips Wrote: =COUNTIF(A:A,"Bob") etc. -- HTH Bob Phillips (remove xxx from email address if mailing direct) "me123" wrote in message ... If I've got a column with lots of different values in, but they can be repeated, eg: Bob Sarah Steve Sarah Sarah Bob Jim etc etc. Is there a way I can split them up by value and count the number of times each value appeared, keeping in mind that the values entered will be different all the time so I can't set a list of values to check through, they could be anything. So say for the list above, I'd want to get the following displayed somewhere for printing: Bob 2 Sarah 3 Steve 1 Jim 1 Any help would be most appreciated!! -- me123 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ me123's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=34312 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=540776 -- me123 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ me123's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=34312 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=540776 |
Count occurrences of values in a column??!!
You could refer to the cells, if the range is A1:A10 you can put this in B1
=COUNTIF($A$1:$A$10,A1) and copy down -- Regards, Peo Sjoblom http://nwexcelsolutions.com "me123" wrote in message ... I know how to count the values if I know what the string to look for is going to be, but I won't know the strings in advance so I need to do something more than this. Thanks though :) I can see what the pivot table does, but how do I then count the occurrences? I want to get it to appear just in cells next door to each other on the bottom of the list if possible. Bob Phillips Wrote: =COUNTIF(A:A,"Bob") etc. -- HTH Bob Phillips (remove xxx from email address if mailing direct) "me123" wrote in message ... If I've got a column with lots of different values in, but they can be repeated, eg: Bob Sarah Steve Sarah Sarah Bob Jim etc etc. Is there a way I can split them up by value and count the number of times each value appeared, keeping in mind that the values entered will be different all the time so I can't set a list of values to check through, they could be anything. So say for the list above, I'd want to get the following displayed somewhere for printing: Bob 2 Sarah 3 Steve 1 Jim 1 Any help would be most appreciated!! -- me123 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ me123's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=34312 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=540776 -- me123 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ me123's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=34312 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=540776 |
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