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Hi Guys

If i have a column in excel with text in it. Either "pass" or "fail",
how can i count the number of entries? Is there a formula to do this?

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use countif():

=COUNTIF($A:$A,C1) where C1 contains pass.
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Hi Guys

If i have a column in excel with text in it. Either "pass" or "fail",
how can i count the number of entries? Is there a formula to do this?

cheers


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="Pass = "&COUNTIF(A:A,"pass")&CHAR(10)&"Fail = "&COUNTIF(A:A,"fail")

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Hi Guys

If i have a column in excel with text in it. Either "pass" or "fail",
how can i count the number of entries? Is there a formula to do this?

cheers


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Sorted! Thanks guys!


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