[mso] Re: Count Non-Blank Cells in Excel 2002
- From: Vergel Villacorta <atrocallivlegrev@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2007 23:32:17 -0700 (PDT)
Dave,
can you discuss how the formula works. i tried using the functions separately
but it didnt work.
thanks.
vergel
Ray Shapp <ras45@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Wow, Dave!
I never would have looked at the SUMPRODUCT function as a possible solution to
my problem. Needless to say, your solution works perfectly. Many thanks.
Ray Shapp
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Smart"
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Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2007 2:34 PM
Subject: [mso] Re: Count Non-Blank Cells in Excel 2002
> =SUMPRODUCT((NOT(ISERROR(FIND("abc",A1:A9))))*1)
>
> Regards, Dave S
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ray Shapp"
> To:
> Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2007 2:48 AM
> Subject: [mso] Count Non-Blank Cells in Excel 2002
>
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> In Excel 2002, I want to count the number of cells in a column that are
>> non-blank AND contain a particular literal string among the characters in
>> the
>> cell. As an example, I want to count all non-blank cells that contain
>> "abc" in
>> their contents. In the sample column below, the value I seek would be 2:
>>
>> A1 "bca"
>> A2 "cats are gray"
>> A3 "dogs are brown"
>> A4
>> A5 "bats fly"
>> A6 "this is as simple as abc"
>> A7 "a bc"
>> A8 "zebras"
>> A9 "12 45 abc 67"
>>
>> Only cells A6 and A9 meet the criterion.
>>
>> I tried =COUNTIF(A1:A9, "abc") but that returned zero because no cell
>> contains just "abc".
>>
>> Is there a way to substitute a string function in place of the literal,
>> "abc"?
>>
>> Thanks for the help.
>>
>> Ray Shapp
>>
>>
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