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    IF multiple cells = then -1

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    I'm looking for a little help please. I'm in the throws of putting a basic sheet together and would like to be pointed in the right direction.

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    What I am trying to do is use the IF function to check cell B4 to see if "y" has been entered and if so, check the value in cell F4 (a hidden "14"), then subtract "-1" from that figure and return the result in the formula's cell of F10. A countdown if you like.

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    This works great, however I want to be able to check multiple cells for "y" and reduce the result by 1 for each instance. This I cannot work out and I'm sure i'm going able it in the wrong way, I have tried the following. But that results in to many arguments error:
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    Re: IF multiple cells = then -1

    you can try something like this

    =F4-countif(B4:B16,"Y")

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    Re: IF multiple cells = then -1

    Thank you for the reply vlady.

    Your formula works great, however is there a was to include the opporsite cell range of H4:H16?

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    Re: IF multiple cells = then -1

    create two countif then get sum like this
    =F4-(COUNTIF(B4:B16,"Y")+COUNTIF(H4:H16,"Y"))
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    =F4-sum(COUNTIF(B4:B16,"Y"),COUNTIF(H4:H16,"Y"))

    or refer the range until H column

    =F4-COUNTIF(B4:H16,"Y")

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    Re: IF multiple cells = then -1

    I was just a minute behind you vlady, I found this works perfectly:

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    Re: IF multiple cells = then -1

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