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    multiple words in my COUNTIFS formula

    hello,

    im using the following formula which counts the amount of rows that have ALL these words/conditions:
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    However, instead i want it to do exactly the same thing but in column I on Sheet1, I dont just want "Red".
    I want it to count if there is either "Red", "Gold", or "Silver".

    ive tried using the funny looking brackets to no avail:
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    how can this be done?

    thank you

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    Re: multiple words in my COUNTIFS formula

    Try to add SUM function before countifs: SUM(COUNTIFS(
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    Re: multiple words in my COUNTIFS formula

    Try this to see if this works as per your requirement. (not tested)
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    Re: multiple words in my COUNTIFS formula

    I went for Alkeys.
    thanks

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    Re: multiple words in my COUNTIFS formula

    Thank you for the feedback!

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