COUNTIF(r, c)
- Where 'r' is the range of cells.
- 'c' is the criteria in the form of a number, expression, cell reference, or text.
- COUNTIF() function calculates the number of cells that satisfy a given criteria.
Description
COUNTIF(r, c)
For example, COUNTIF(A1:A8,"JOHN") returns the number of cells in the range A1 through A8 that match with the text "JOHN".
- Criteria containing numbers can be expressed as 66, "66","<=66", ">=66", "<>66" etc.
- Criteria with text values can be expressed in quotes as "Red" etc.
- Combination of functions can also be used as COUNTIF(A1:A3,"Red")+COUNTIF(A4:A7,"Orange") etc.
- Wild card characters such as '*', '?', '~' can be used in the criteria field to match a certain sequence of characters.
- COUNT() can be used to count the number of cells in the given range except logical values, error values and text.
- COUNTA() can be used to count the number of non-empty cells that may be numbers, number representation of a text, error or logic values, dates etc.
Syntax
Examples
Description
Lets see an example,
COUNTIF(R,C)
B C
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P 50
Q 65
R 90
P 151
=COUNTIF(B2:B5,"P") is 2
=COUNTIF(C2:C5,">66") is 2
| Column1 | Column2 | Column3 | Column4 | |
| Row1 | P | 50 | 2 | |
| Row2 | Q | 65 | 2 | |
| Row3 | R | 90 | ||
| Row4 | P | 151 | ||
| Row5 | ||||
| Row6 |
