Counting Function

M

MAB

I have a 2500+ line document with different years indicated in column D. How
would I use the count (??) function to count the number of occurances for
1998, 1999, 2000, etc?

The help function isn't very much help to me.

Thank you.
 
B

Bob Phillips

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=COUNTIF(D1:D2500,1999)

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HTH

Bob Phillips

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M

MAB

*sigh*

I regretted to provide information that the dates are formatted as
dd/mm/yyyy, so the formulas provided to me will not work.

Is there another way this can be done?

Sorry for the confusion.

Thank you.


Bob Phillips said:
Type

=COUNTIF(D1:D2500,1999)

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HTH

Bob Phillips

(remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct)
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K

Kevin Vaughn

Try:
=SUMPRODUCT(--(YEAR(D1:D2500) = 1999))
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Kevin Vaughn


MAB said:
*sigh*

I regretted to provide information that the dates are formatted as
dd/mm/yyyy, so the formulas provided to me will not work.

Is there another way this can be done?

Sorry for the confusion.

Thank you.
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M

MAB

This gives me a #VALUE! error message.

Is there anything else I can try?

Thank you,

MAB
 
K

Kevin Vaughn

What is in that range other than dates? I tried deleting a date to see if it
was being caused by blanks. That did not do anything. But when I inserted a
space in a cell I got the #value error. I am sure that other data could
cause that error. Like text (you can't perform the year function on text,
only on dates.)
 
M

MAB

Hmm, I don't know. I just formatted all the cells where the dates are to
Date format (mm/dd/yyyy). I even did a text to columns on that column, yet I
still get the #Value! error.

Any other thoughts?

Thanks for all your help so far. :)
 
K

Kevin Vaughn

Ok, but what else is in that range? For instance D1 might be a heading.
Also, does it work if you do it on a small range? For instance,

=SUMPRODUCT(--(YEAR(D3:D210) = 1999))

If it works on the smaller range, you could try it on progressively larger
ranges until you get an error and thus locate the source of the problem
(assuming the formula works for you at all. It is working for me, of course.)
 
M

MAB

LOL!

See, that's why I come here for help. I was including all of column D in
the formula instead of just including the area where the valid data is.

I got it to work when I used it correctly.

Thanks for all your input and patience.

MAB
 
K

Kevin Vaughn

Glad you got it working.
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Kevin Vaughn


MAB said:
LOL!

See, that's why I come here for help. I was including all of column D in
the formula instead of just including the area where the valid data is.

I got it to work when I used it correctly.

Thanks for all your input and patience.

MAB
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