Help with Formulas

**fritzj8** · 09-12-2005, 09:20 AM

I need help with creating a formula. I want to count the total number of individuals who meet a certain criteria in one column and a certain criteria in another column. For example: I want to find out the total number of people who live in Germany and went on a specific trip. For argument sake let's say column A is at lists only Y or N for yes and no, and column B is a list of Countries such as Germany, America, etc. I would like to figure out the total number of individuals who have a Y in column A and the word Germany in column B. This is what I have done so far and it works for counting only those with Germany in column B or a Y in column A:

=COUNTIF('[Spreadsheet Name.xls]'!$B:$B,"Germany") or
=COUNTIF('[Spreadsheet Name.xls]'!$A:$A,"Y")

The first formula will give me the total number of individuals with the word Germany in column B, and the second will give me a total number of individuals with a Y in column A. How can I combine these two formulas to come up with one that will only count those individuals who have both the word Germany in column B and a Y in column A? I appreciate your assistance with this matter. Please respond to [email protected]

Thanks,
Fritz

**BenjieLop** · 09-12-2005, 09:35 AM

=sumproduct(--(A1:A100="Y"),--(B1:B100="Germany"))

is your formula and next time, it is not necessary to multipost whatever problem you have.

Regards.

**Paul Sheppard** · 09-12-2005, 09:35 AM

Originally Posted by fritzj8

I need help with creating a formula. I want to count the total number of individuals who meet a certain criteria in one column and a certain criteria in another column. For example: I want to find out the total number of people who live in Germany and went on a specific trip. For argument sake let's say column A is at lists only Y or N for yes and no, and column B is a list of Countries such as Germany, America, etc. I would like to figure out the total number of individuals who have a Y in column A and the word Germany in column B. This is what I have done so far and it works for counting only those with Germany in column B or a Y in column A:

=COUNTIF('[Spreadsheet Name.xls]'!$B:$B,"Germany") or
=COUNTIF('[Spreadsheet Name.xls]'!$A:$A,"Y")

The first formula will give me the total number of individuals with the word Germany in column B, and the second will give me a total number of individuals with a Y in column A. How can I combine these two formulas to come up with one that will only count those individuals who have both the word Germany in column B and a Y in column A? I appreciate your assistance with this matter. Please respond to [email protected]

Thanks,
Fritz

Hi Fritz

Try this > =SUM((A1:A15="Y")*(B1:B15="Germany"))

This needs to be enterred as an array, so type in the formula and then press CTRL/Shift/Enter all together

Change the ranges to suit your data

**fritzj8** · 09-12-2005, 10:30 AM

Thanks BenjieLop that did it. Now all I need help with figuring out is how to count only those fields that have a date in them. For example: Column C has various dates listed and some of the entries are just text such as 12-Sep-05 or the words Did Not Go. However, all I need to count are only those fields with a date in the block and not text. Any ideas?

**BenjieLop** · 09-12-2005, 11:43 AM

Originally Posted by fritzj8

Thanks BenjieLop that did it. Now all I need help with figuring out is how to count only those fields that have a date in them. For example: Column C has various dates listed and some of the entries are just text such as 12-Sep-05 or the words Did Not Go. However, all I need to count are only those fields with a date in the block and not text. Any ideas?

If I understand you correctly, column C entries are either dates or the words "Did Not Go" and I will assume all the Column C cells are "general" formatted. Your formula will then be

=countif(C1:C100,"<>Did Not Go")

Regards.

**fritzj8** · 09-12-2005, 11:57 AM

Yes column C is either a date or text, and no the cells are not "general" formatted but rather "date" formatted. It is just that some of them have text rather than a date. I only want to count the fields with an actual date in them for example:

Column C
24-Aug-05
No Show
01-Sep-05
12-Sep-05
No Show

I want my formula to count just the fields with a date in it and give me a total, which in this example is three. That way I know only three people attended. I do not need to count the fields with text or nothing in them.

Thanks,
Fritz