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    Countif based on column header with "unknown" range position

    Hi,

    This is for work, I have an header "aaa" or "bbbb", that the user may paste in the wrong position by mistake. In this example I need to count the number of 1's below the header aaa, or bbb. The difficulty here is that, "aaa" might be in column,a, b c etc... so I need something to find the header, and then to count the 1s (in this case below).

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    Re: Countif based on column header with "unknown" range position

    With your small sample this will work, but as you extend your data, adjust the parts in red

    =COUNTIF(INDEX($G$5:$H$7,,MATCH($D6,$G$4:$H$4,0)),1)
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    Re: Countif based on column header with "unknown" range position

    I should reange the data and after that use a pivot table.

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