A B C
1 Β Β
2 Β Β
3 Α Α
4 Α Α
5 Β Β
6 Α Α
7 Α B
8 Β Β
9 Β Β
10 Α Α
11 Β A
12 Α Α
13 Α Α
14 Β Β
15 Α Α
16 Β ??
In cell B16 I want to count how many "B"s (the value in A16) are in cells C1:C15 and A16. Then using some function I will put an "A" or "B" in cell C16. How can I give such a range in COUNTIF? The same formula must be used for every cell in column B.
Here's the formula for cell B16:
=SUM(COUNTIF(INDIRECT({"C1:C15","A16"}),"B"))
As an alternative that would work for copying and pasting, you could do:
=COUNTIF($C$1:$C$15,"B") + COUNTIF(A16,"B")
For the record, if I understand well, you want to count the value from the cell A16
. But if you do such a formula:
=COUNTIF(C1:C15,A16)
You know you will have the value (here B
) in cell A16
, don't you?
So the value you want to get is:
=COUNTIF(C1:C15,A16) + 1
What did I misunderstand?
You can also declare a named range of non-contiguous ranges, but you must use the INDIRECT function in declaring the range. Otherwise, it will fail just like a normal, non-contiguous range.
Declaring the range ("Range1") should have the "applies to" field read:
=INDIRECT({"A1:B2","C4:F17"})
Or use other named ranges:
=INDIRECT({"Table1[Column1]","Table2[Column3]","Table4[Column2]")
Then you can reference it like:
=COUNTIF(Range1,"=Yes")