total cells with text and number EX: GS-5

Want to total cells in which the text is 2 letters followed by a number
between 1 and 15. Example want to know how many GS-4 are in a given range of
cells.

You can use countif, for example:
=COUNTIF(A1:A20,"GS-4")
The second parameter is the criteria, you can use a cell reference instead,
to make the formula more flexible.

"dap1" wrote:

> Want to total cells in which the text is 2 letters followed by a number
> between 1 and 15. Example want to know how many GS-4 are in a given range of
> cells.

It seems like you want to count, not total, cells with specific contents. If
that is true, try something like this:

For values in A1:A100
B1: =COUNTIF(A1:A100,"GS-4")

That formula counts the number of cells in A1:A100 that contain "GS-4".

Does that help?
(apologies if this is a dbl-post....network is acting up)

***********
Regards,
Ron

XL2002, WinXP-Pro


"dap1" wrote:

> Want to total cells in which the text is 2 letters followed by a number
> between 1 and 15. Example want to know how many GS-4 are in a given range of
> cells.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH



"Miguel Zapico" wrote:

> You can use countif, for example:
> =COUNTIF(A1:A20,"GS-4")
> The second parameter is the criteria, you can use a cell reference instead,
> to make the formula more flexible.
>
> "dap1" wrote:
>
> > Want to total cells in which the text is 2 letters followed by a number
> > between 1 and 15. Example want to know how many GS-4 are in a given range of
> > cells.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH

"Ron Coderre" wrote:

> It seems like you want to count, not total, cells with specific contents. If
> that is true, try something like this:
>
> For values in A1:A100
> B1: =COUNTIF(A1:A100,"GS-4")
>
> That formula counts the number of cells in A1:A100 that contain "GS-4".
>
> Does that help?
> (apologies if this is a dbl-post....network is acting up)
>
> ***********
> Regards,
> Ron
>
> XL2002, WinXP-Pro
>
>
> "dap1" wrote:
>
> > Want to total cells in which the text is 2 letters followed by a number
> > between 1 and 15. Example want to know how many GS-4 are in a given range of
> > cells.