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How to: COUNTIF when ISTEXT is True?
How do I write a countif function on the criterion when ISTEXT is TRUE? I cannot figure out the syntax. And please don't say use COUNTA, it is not the same (specifically on #N/A returned by Vlookup). Also, why is an empty cell returned by Vlookup a zero having ISNUMBER=True, while '345 returned by Vlookup has ISTEXT=True? Seems inconsistent to me. Thanks Dick Penny -- dpenny ------------------------------------------------------------------------ dpenny's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=19708 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=559997 |
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How to: COUNTIF when ISTEXT is True?
This array formula seems to work. Not sure if there is an easier way.
=SUM(ISTEXT(A1:A5)*1) Don't forget to press Ctrl+Shift+Enter after entering in the formula HTH Die_Another_Day dpenny wrote: How do I write a countif function on the criterion when ISTEXT is TRUE? I cannot figure out the syntax. And please don't say use COUNTA, it is not the same (specifically on #N/A returned by Vlookup). Also, why is an empty cell returned by Vlookup a zero having ISNUMBER=True, while '345 returned by Vlookup has ISTEXT=True? Seems inconsistent to me. Thanks Dick Penny -- dpenny ------------------------------------------------------------------------ dpenny's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=19708 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=559997 |
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How to: COUNTIF when ISTEXT is True?
Try this:
=COUNTIF(A:A,"*?") -- HTH, RD --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please keep all correspondence within the NewsGroup, so all may benefit ! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "dpenny" wrote in message ... How do I write a countif function on the criterion when ISTEXT is TRUE? I cannot figure out the syntax. And please don't say use COUNTA, it is not the same (specifically on #N/A returned by Vlookup). Also, why is an empty cell returned by Vlookup a zero having ISNUMBER=True, while '345 returned by Vlookup has ISTEXT=True? Seems inconsistent to me. Thanks Dick Penny -- dpenny ------------------------------------------------------------------------ dpenny's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=19708 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=559997 |
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How to: COUNTIF when ISTEXT is True?
Both solutions worked - thank you. Dick Penny -- dpenny ------------------------------------------------------------------------ dpenny's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=19708 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=559997 |
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