[mso] Re: Count Non-Blank Cells in Excel 2002
- From: "David Smart" <smartware@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2007 21:18:07 +1000
FIND("abc",A1:A9)
This is the Find function, but with a range of cells so that it can be used
with SumProduct. It will return >0 for each cell if "abc" is found or
#value if not found.
ISERROR(FIND("abc",A1:A9))
True if not found, false if found.
NOT(ISERROR(FIND("abc",A1:A9)))
True if found, false if not found.
(NOT(ISERROR(FIND("abc",A1:A9))))
The extra pair of parentheses required by SumProduct.
*1
A multiplication operation (multiply by 1). When multiplied by True gives
1; when multiplied by False gives 0.
And then SumProduct adds them up.
You can't use the FIND("abc",A1:A9) separately - it needs to be inside the
SumProduct because of the range in the second parameter. However, you could
use FIND("abc",A1) to check for "abc" in A1.
HTH
Regards, Dave S
BTW don't think that I just typed this in in one go. I built it up from the
inside out until I had
=NOT(ISERROR(FIND("abc",A1)))
working properly. Then I put it into the SumProduct and extended the A1 to
the full range.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Vergel Villacorta" <atrocallivlegrev@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 4:32 PM
Subject: [mso] Re: Count Non-Blank Cells in Excel 2002
> 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"
> To:
> 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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