Is there a function Countif that operates like Sumif?

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Undrline

So, here's something along the lines of what I'm trying to do:

for every row where column x says "foo" countif(y:y,"<100")

maybe it's something like countif(and(x:x="foo",y:y<100))
or maybe it's a whole other function.

I keep having to create extra go-between columns that concatenate two
columns, and then work from that:

x1&if(y1<100,"Yes","No")

drag it all the way down the side of my data

and then do something like:

countif(z:z,"fooYes")

It's a pain in the arse, I tell you whot. Please help me out.
 
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Undrline

k, works, saves me a bit of time, but my question is why? That's not at all
how the description of sumproduct sounds like it works. It sounds more like
(sum*sum) in the description. Perhaps it has to do with those double dashes?
What do the double-dashes mean?

Thx,
Jndrline
 
U

Undrline

read it, it helped me understand the double-dash as a unary operator, what it
does, and how it works. In practice, I came up with a problem though:

One gets a zero result if one wants to use a condition that re-uses the same
array:

sumproduct(--(X1:X65535="foo"),--(X1:X65535="oof"))

yields zero

sumproduct(--(or(X1:X65535="foo",X1:X65535="oof")))

just doesn't work

how would you do this, and still be able to use more than two conditionals?

Thanks.

-Jndrline
 
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Peo Sjobom

It's not a problem, it's because you ask it to be both "foo" and "oof"
The formula I gave you equals AND, if you want OR and count both "foo" and
"oof" you
can use

=SUMPRODUCT(--((X2:X500="foo")+(X2:X500="oof")>0),--(Y2:Y500<100))

or just those 2

=SUMPRODUCT(--((X2:X500="foo")+(X2:X500="oof")>0))


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JMB

I don't think AND/OR functions work well in array formulas like this (I've
not had much success, but that doesn't mean it can't be done)

=SUMPRODUCT((X1:X65535="foo")+(X1:X65535="oof"))
 
U

Undrline

Awesome. Thank you both for helping, and for keeping on my topic with
subsequent questions.

=SUMPRODUCT(--((X2:X500="foo")+(X2:X500="oof")>0),--(Y2:Y500<100))

Most wonderful.

-Jndrline
 
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