Countif and Countifs

**Pete_UK** · 01-14-2013, 02:54 PM

Put this formula in cell AA3:

Formula:

=COUNTIFS($C$2:$Z$2,AA$2,$C3:$Z3,"C")

then copy it into AB3:AC3, then copy AA3:AC3 down as far as you need to.

Hope this helps.

Pete

**alexfamily5** · 01-14-2013, 04:17 PM

Here's what I did that seemed to work:
In Cell AA I put your recommended formula =COUNTIFS($C$2:$Z$2,AA$2,$C3:$Z3,"C") However, if I copied that same formula into AB it did not work, so I changed cell AB to =COUNTIFS($C$2:$Z$2,AB$2,$C3:$Z3,"C") and AC to =COUNTIFS($C$2:$Z$2,AC$2,$C3:$Z3,"C"). This seemd to work, even after I pasted those three formulas into the next line.

If I could ask one more thing... If I wanted to do the exact same thing but count up the sum of all "C", "P", and "NICU" cells, what would the formulas be?

BTW, if the people who responded ever have the time and patience I would love to have an English translation of what the symbology of these formulas actually means!

Thanks again!

**daddylonglegs** · 01-14-2013, 04:24 PM

Originally Posted by alexfamily5

... If I wanted to do the exact same thing but count up the sum of all "C", "P", and "NICU" cells, what would the formulas be?

Try this version

=SUM(COUNTIFS($C$2:$Z$2,AA$2,$C3:$Z3,{"C","P","NICU"}))

**alexfamily5** · 01-15-2013, 04:25 PM

Originally Posted by daddylonglegs

Try this version

=SUM(COUNTIFS($C$2:$Z$2,AA$2,$C3:$Z3,{"C","P","NICU"}))

That one did not work, it counted cells that did not meet the criteria.

**alexfamily5** · 01-15-2013, 04:56 PM

Hopefully some of you who replied will read this again, because things have gotten more complicated and I need more help. To explain better, I have been put in charge of an ophthalmology clinic schedule, and I have to use an Excel workbook that I inherited. I need formulas that will tell me how many providers (doctors) are in clinic on any given morning, afternoon, and evening.

I have attached an example workbook for the first few weeks of February. In column AA I need the total number of cells from columns C,F,I,L,O,R,U, and X that have a "C","D","P", or "N" in them... but that does NOT count any that have "NICU". The same needs to be done for PM and EVE clinic columns AB and AC. So it is similar to my previous question, but it needs to count more different letters. If it might help I manually counted the correct numbers and included them to be able to double check the formulas (hopefully I won't miscount any).
Thanks again in advance!