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    Help with a counting function

    Given the way that data is entered into this spread sheet, is there a way to automate the summary at the bottom of the page?
    Every time a specific job is preformed on a bus shelter (garbage removal, wash, etc) a representative code is entered into the cell denoting the shelter and the date. The way the data is entered is that if say a bus gets garbage removed (2) and cleaned (3), it is entered as 2.3 At the bottom of the page i have to fill out a summary that counts how many different things were done each day ie. how many washes (2s) how many cleans (3s) etc. Im having a lot of trouble with this so any help would appreciated, thanks in advance

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    Re: Help with a counting function

    Your formatting of the cells in your dataset are not consistent. Formatting 6.1 to 2 decimals doesn't make it a 6 and a 10.

    The best thing would be to pre-format the table as TEXT. Then you can enter 6.10 to mean 6 and 10.

    Then you would be able to use a formula in 413 such as:

    =SUMPRODUCT(--(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("."&ROWS(F$413:F413)&".","."&F$2:F$407&"."))))

    copied down and across to get counts.
    Where there is a will there are many ways.

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