Comments on: Counting With Array Formulas http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2004/05/06/counting-with-array-formulas/ Daily posts of Excel tips…and other stuff Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:42:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Dick Kusleika http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2004/05/06/counting-with-array-formulas/#comment-46234 Dick Kusleika Wed, 19 May 2010 14:49:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=524#comment-46234 <p>dgnamu: you want this <a href="http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2004/03/29/sumif-between-two-dates/" rel="nofollow">http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2004/03/29/sumif-between-two-dates/</a></p> dgnamu: you want this http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2004/03/29/sumif-between-two-dates/

]]> By: dgnamu http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2004/05/06/counting-with-array-formulas/#comment-46213 dgnamu Tue, 18 May 2010 17:41:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=524#comment-46213 <p>hi,</p> <p>can someone helps me to solve this problem?</p> <p>name no books read month<br> nasir 1 12-jan-2010<br> adam 2 12-jan-2010<br> fatima 3 14-jan-2010<br> nasir 2 2-feb-2010<br> adam 1 2-feb-2010<br> fatima 1 3-feb-2010<br> nasir 1 7-mar-2010<br> adam 4 16-mar-2010<br> fatima 1 21-mar-2010<br> nasir 1 17-apr-2010<br> adam 4 18-apr-2010<br> fatima 1 24-apr-2010</p> <p>now, what i'm doing is i'm just selecting the specific month and do the counting. The formula is Sum(B2:B4) for january. this come to a problem if the date is not sort accordingly.</p> <p>what i want is, i'm trying to get the total no of book read in a specific month like jan or mar. but the formula should cover from jan-apr or later month. please someone helps me to generate the formula.</p> hi,

can someone helps me to solve this problem?

name no books read month
nasir 1 12-jan-2010
adam 2 12-jan-2010
fatima 3 14-jan-2010
nasir 2 2-feb-2010
adam 1 2-feb-2010
fatima 1 3-feb-2010
nasir 1 7-mar-2010
adam 4 16-mar-2010
fatima 1 21-mar-2010
nasir 1 17-apr-2010
adam 4 18-apr-2010
fatima 1 24-apr-2010

now, what i’m doing is i’m just selecting the specific month and do the counting. The formula is Sum(B2:B4) for january. this come to a problem if the date is not sort accordingly.

what i want is, i’m trying to get the total no of book read in a specific month like jan or mar. but the formula should cover from jan-apr or later month. please someone helps me to generate the formula.

]]> By: Mike Woodhouse http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2004/05/06/counting-with-array-formulas/#comment-1471 Mike Woodhouse Fri, 07 May 2004 17:34:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=524#comment-1471 <p>This gave me a D'Oh! moment. For longer than I care to remember, I've used</p> <p>{=SUM(IF(A1:A10=3, 1, 0))}</p> <p>which is clunky by comparison. I guess in my defence I'm cautious of assuming a specific numeric value for TRUE and FALSE, as they can vary by application and/or language. But unless Microsoft change the values within Excel that's probably overdoing the caution a bit.</p> This gave me a D’Oh! moment. For longer than I care to remember, I’ve used

{=SUM(IF(A1:A10=3, 1, 0))}

which is clunky by comparison. I guess in my defence I’m cautious of assuming a specific numeric value for TRUE and FALSE, as they can vary by application and/or language. But unless Microsoft change the values within Excel that’s probably overdoing the caution a bit.

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