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Help with a nested function.

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    Help with a nested function.

    Help,

    Here is the problem. I have two columns of data. for example:

    Column A
    1
    3
    4
    0
    2
    0
    0
    3

    Column B
    Product A
    Product A
    Product B
    Product B
    Product A
    Product A
    Product B
    Product B

    What I need the function to return is:
    Product A - 3
    Product B - 2

    This is what I thought the function should look like but it is not working:

    =IF(A6:A50>0,COUNTIF(A6:A50,"Product A"),0)

    If Product A or B did not have any values >0, it would return a zero.

    Thanks for any help!
    Last edited by fivestringfreak; 01-29-2009 at 12:26 PM.

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    Re: Help with a nested function.

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    To elaborate on the IF approach you would need to use an array entered within CTRL + SHIFT + ENTER:

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    Last edited by DonkeyOte; 01-29-2009 at 12:13 PM. Reason: added COUNT(IF(

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    Re: Help with a nested function.

    Try sumproduct

    =Sumproduct(($B$1:$B$10="Product A")*($A$1:$A$10>0))

    adjust ranges to suit..

    You can also replace "Product B" with cell referencing it so that you can copy formula down
    Where there is a will there are many ways.

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    Re: Help with a nested function.

    Holy cow that was fast! Thanks Guys!

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    Re: Help with a nested function.

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