Comments on: Count Everything But

By: Donald

Donald — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 17:41:00 +0000

Dick, your solution for Amy works well. However, any blank cells in the range concerned will also be counted. Here's an approach that excludes blank cells from the count:
=COUNTIF(A1:A7,""&CHAR(34))-COUNTBLANK(A1:A7)

By: Donald

Donald — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 17:11:00 +0000

Wendy asks how to use countif to count mixed values in a given column. Multiple use of the countif function is needed to handle the mixed values involved. This approach will do it:
=(COUNTIF(D:D,"

By: Donald

Donald — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 16:59:00 +0000

Larry Smith asks how to use countif to verify values in a range. This approach will do it: =COUNTIF(A1:A9,”

By: Wendy

Wendy — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 22:06:00 +0000

I would like to add another condition. Only count if column d=1,2,2a,2b,2c,2d,2e,3,4,5,6,7. How would I do that?

By: Larry Smith

Larry Smith — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 16:42:00 +0000

Say you want to use the countif function to see how many items in a column are within a range. I tried to do it like this and it return zero.
=countif(A1:A9,">=4,=4;=4:=4?and"=4,