Counting Consecutive Cells

Sorry, but I am still not getting this.

Are you saying that Apples should be two because column A contains an Apple,
as does column B (irrespective of the fact that they are in different rows)?

--
HTH

Bob Phillips

(replace somewhere in email address with gmail if mailing direct)

"SteveC" <SteveC@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2EE1BD5C-AAD3-4DF4-A290-29AF66E27A5E@microsoft.com...
> ColA |ColB |ColC |ColD |ColE |ColG
> Apples |Off |Coyotes |Apples |Off |2
> Bannanas |Apples |Elephants |Bannanas |Off |1
> Coyotes |Coyotes |Off |Off |Off |3
> Elephants|Elephants|Off |Elephants |Off |4
>
> Cell G2 looks for the number of consecutive times that anything in range
> A2:E5 matches A2.
>
> In other words:
> ColA |ColB |ColC |ColD |ColE |ColG
> Apples | | |Apples |Off
|2
> |Apples | | |Off
> |
> | | |
|Off
> |
> | | |
|Off
> |
>
> Cell G2 is referencing cell A2.
>
> The Value "2" equals the number of consecutive times (left to right) that
> "Apples" appears in range A2:E5.
>
> In the case of "Apples" it's not 1, 1, 1, 1 but 1,1, , 1 and we get the
> value "2"
>
> thanks for your patience and help...
>
>
>
> "Bob Phillips" wrote:
>
> > Then I am confused where any of these numbers come form
> >
> > ColA |ColB |ColC |ColD |ColE|ColG
> > Apples |Off |Coyotes |Apples |Off |2
> > Bannanas |Apples |Elephants|Bannanas|Off |1
> > Coyotes |Coyotes |Off |Off |Off |3
> > Elephants|Elephants|Off |Elephants|Off |4
> >
> > Whys isn't it 1,1,1,1?
> >
> >
> > --
> > HTH
> >
> > Bob Phillips
>

Thanks for trying to figure this out.

Forget everything I just said. Let's start begin this way:

Example 1:
Count the number of times A is in the series A1:E5. You should Count 5.

Col A Col B Col C Col D Col E
Row1 A A
Row2 A
Row3 A
Row4 A
Row5

Example 2:
Now Count the number of consecutive times A appears in the series, starting
from ColA and finishing at ColE. The key word is "consecutive." You should
could count 2. This is because there is no "A" in Col C. The formula should
stop counting everything after the break in the series.

Col A Col B Col C Col D Col E
Row1 A
Row2 A
Row3 A
Row4 A
Row5

My question is, what formula in G1 will count the consecutive number of "As"
in the series A1:E5. That is, what formula will return a value of 2.

Thanks for taking a look...

(this is easily solvable via a sorting macro or multiple vlookups in A1:E5,
but I wanted to see if it's possible in the way described above...)

I'm not sure this is what you're looking for, but try the following...

Insert > Name > Define

Name: BigNum

Refers to:

=9.99999999999999E+307

Click Ok

Then, try...

=LOOKUP(BigNum,CHOOSE({1,2},COLUMNS(A1:E5),MATCH(0,MMULT({1,1,1,1,1},--(A
1:E5="A")),0)-1))

In article <FCFF5521-C0EC-42C5-B883-1CEEB055D778@microsoft.com>,
SteveC <SteveC@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> Thanks for trying to figure this out.
>
> Forget everything I just said. Let's start begin this way:
>
> Example 1:
> Count the number of times A is in the series A1:E5. You should Count 5.
>
> Col A Col B Col C Col D Col E
> Row1 A A
> Row2 A
> Row3 A
> Row4 A
> Row5
>
> Example 2:
> Now Count the number of consecutive times A appears in the series, starting
> from ColA and finishing at ColE. The key word is "consecutive." You should
> could count 2. This is because there is no "A" in Col C. The formula should
> stop counting everything after the break in the series.
>
> Col A Col B Col C Col D Col E
> Row1 A
> Row2 A
> Row3 A
> Row4 A
> Row5
>
> My question is, what formula in G1 will count the consecutive number of "As"
> in the series A1:E5. That is, what formula will return a value of 2.
>
> Thanks for taking a look...
>
> (this is easily solvable via a sorting macro or multiple vlookups in A1:E5,
> but I wanted to see if it's possible in the way described above...)

Make that...

=LOOKUP(BigNum,CHOOSE({1,2},COLUMNS(A1:E5),MATCH(0,MMULT(COLUMN(A1:E5)^0,
--(A1:E5="A")),0)-1))

In article <domenic22-024EAC.20280414062006@msnews.microsoft.com>,
Domenic <domenic22@sympatico.ca> wrote:

> I'm not sure this is what you're looking for, but try the following...
>
> Insert > Name > Define
>
> Name: BigNum
>
> Refers to:
>
> =9.99999999999999E+307
>
> Click Ok
>
> Then, try...
>
> =LOOKUP(BigNum,CHOOSE({1,2},COLUMNS(A1:E5),MATCH(0,MMULT({1,1,1,1,1},--(A
> 1:E5="A")),0)-1))
>
> In article <FCFF5521-C0EC-42C5-B883-1CEEB055D778@microsoft.com>,
> SteveC <SteveC@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> > Thanks for trying to figure this out.
> >
> > Forget everything I just said. Let's start begin this way:
> >
> > Example 1:
> > Count the number of times A is in the series A1:E5. You should Count 5.
> >
> > Col A Col B Col C Col D Col E
> > Row1 A A
> > Row2 A
> > Row3 A
> > Row4 A
> > Row5
> >
> > Example 2:
> > Now Count the number of consecutive times A appears in the series, starting
> > from ColA and finishing at ColE. The key word is "consecutive." You
> > should
> > could count 2. This is because there is no "A" in Col C. The formula
> > should
> > stop counting everything after the break in the series.
> >
> > Col A Col B Col C Col D Col E
> > Row1 A
> > Row2 A
> > Row3 A
> > Row4 A
> > Row5
> >
> > My question is, what formula in G1 will count the consecutive number of
> > "As"
> > in the series A1:E5. That is, what formula will return a value of 2.
> >
> > Thanks for taking a look...
> >
> > (this is easily solvable via a sorting macro or multiple vlookups in A1:E5,
> > but I wanted to see if it's possible in the way described above...)

Domenic, thanks! That works if I input "A" anywhere in the range A1:E5.

Is there a way to make it work for any text value? It doesn't work with "B"
or "Apples", for example.

Thanks very much!
SteveC


"Domenic" wrote:

> Make that...
>
> =LOOKUP(BigNum,CHOOSE({1,2},COLUMNS(A1:E5),MATCH(0,MMULT(COLUMN(A1:E5)^0,
> --(A1:E5="A")),0)-1))
>
> In article <domenic22-024EAC.20280414062006@msnews.microsoft.com>,
> Domenic <domenic22@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
> > I'm not sure this is what you're looking for, but try the following...
> >
> > Insert > Name > Define
> >
> > Name: BigNum
> >
> > Refers to:
> >
> > =9.99999999999999E+307
> >
> > Click Ok
> >
> > Then, try...
> >
> > =LOOKUP(BigNum,CHOOSE({1,2},COLUMNS(A1:E5),MATCH(0,MMULT({1,1,1,1,1},--(A
> > 1:E5="A")),0)-1))
> >
> > In article <FCFF5521-C0EC-42C5-B883-1CEEB055D778@microsoft.com>,
> > SteveC <SteveC@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Thanks for trying to figure this out.
> > >
> > > Forget everything I just said. Let's start begin this way:
> > >
> > > Example 1:
> > > Count the number of times A is in the series A1:E5. You should Count 5.
> > >
> > > Col A Col B Col C Col D Col E
> > > Row1 A A
> > > Row2 A
> > > Row3 A
> > > Row4 A
> > > Row5
> > >
> > > Example 2:
> > > Now Count the number of consecutive times A appears in the series, starting
> > > from ColA and finishing at ColE. The key word is "consecutive." You
> > > should
> > > could count 2. This is because there is no "A" in Col C. The formula
> > > should
> > > stop counting everything after the break in the series.
> > >
> > > Col A Col B Col C Col D Col E
> > > Row1 A
> > > Row2 A
> > > Row3 A
> > > Row4 A
> > > Row5
> > >
> > > My question is, what formula in G1 will count the consecutive number of
> > > "As"
> > > in the series A1:E5. That is, what formula will return a value of 2.
> > >
> > > Thanks for taking a look...
> > >
> > > (this is easily solvable via a sorting macro or multiple vlookups in A1:E5,
> > > but I wanted to see if it's possible in the way described above...)
>

If your data does not contain numerical values, you could simply
replace...

="A"

with

<>""

Is this the case?

In article <94C38223-B0B9-4827-ADAC-EEC68867CC0F@microsoft.com>,
SteveC <SteveC@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> Domenic, thanks! That works if I input "A" anywhere in the range A1:E5.
>
> Is there a way to make it work for any text value? It doesn't work with "B"
> or "Apples", for example.
>
> Thanks very much!
> SteveC

Ok, that works now for one type of text value

But now when I had more than one text value, it doesn't distinguish between
the text values.

For example, Cell G22 below should return a value of 2, but it's currently
returning a value of 4.

ColA | ColB | ColC | Col D | ColE | ColF | Col G|
Apples | Bears | Apples | | | | 4
Bears | Apples | | Apples | | | 2
| | | Bears |

thanks a lot...

Ok, that works now for one type of text value

But now when I had more than one text value, it doesn't distinguish between
the text values.

For example, Cell G22 below should return a value of 2, but it's currently
returning a value of 4.

ColA | ColB | ColC | Col D | ColE | ColF | Col G|
Apples | Bears | Apples | | | | 4
Bears | Apples | | Apples | | | 2
| | | Bears |

thanks a lot...

Ok, that works now for one type of text value

But now when I had more than one text value, it doesn't distinguish between
the text values.

For example, Cell G22 below should return a value of 2, but it's currently
returning a value of 4.

ColA | ColB | ColC | Col D | ColE | ColF | Col G|
Apples | Bears | Apples | | | | 4
Bears | Apples | | Apples | | | 2
| | | Bears |

thanks a lot...