counting text in a column

[ferde]

MD RN RT
y na na
n y y
y n na
na y n

I would like to total the Y and N from each column but ignore the NA

Thank you for your help
ferde

[Colin Vicary]

Hi

Assuming you column heading is in A1, paste this in an empty cell

=COUNTIF(A2:A5,"Y")+COUNTIF(A2:A5,"N")

Colin

[Paul Sheppard]

MD RN RT
y na na
n y y
y n na
na y n

I would like to total the Y and N from each column but ignore the NA

Thank you for your help
ferde

Hi Ferde

Assuming Header rows are in row 1, and data in a2:c5

To Count just the "Y"'s use =COUNTIF(A2:A5,"Y") in A6 and drag across to C6

To Count just the "N"'s use =COUNTIF(A2:A5,"N") in A6 and drag across to C6

And to count both use =COUNTIF(A2:A5,"Y")+COUNTIF(A2:A5,"N") in A6 and drag across to C6


Change ranges to suit your data


Hope this helps

Paul

[JE McGimpsey]

One way:

=SUM(COUNTIF(A1:A10,{"y","n"}))

In article <[email protected]>,
"ferde" <[email protected]> wrote:

> MD RN RT
> y na na
> n y y
> y n na
> na y n
>
> I would like to total the Y and N from each column but ignore the NA
>
> Thank you for your help
> ferde

[ferde]

Thank you so much , it works great

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> Hi
>
> Assuming you column heading is in A1, paste this in an empty cell
>
> =COUNTIF(A2:A5,"Y")+COUNTIF(A2:A5,"N")
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> Colin
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