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    =Count(if( where the cell is text not a number

    Hello,

    In column C I have a list of Course Titles, stored as text. There are 50 rows.

    In column L I want to display the number of times the value in that row's column C appears in the whole of column C.

    I have tried the following array formula in L2:
    {=COUNT(IF(C2=$C$2:$C$51,$C$2:$C$51,""))}
    But because the values are stored as text, each row is counting 0.

    I then tried a COUNTA instead as follows:
    =COUNTA(IF(C2=$C$2:$C$62,$C$2:$C$62,""))
    But that seems to be counting the whole of column C, not the number of occurrances.

    Grateful for any pointers.

    Thanks,

    HE
    Last edited by headexperiment; 08-30-2011 at 06:15 AM. Reason: Solved

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    Re: =Count(if( where the cell is text not a number

    Try: =COUNTIF($C$2:$C$62, C2) and pull down
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    Re: =Count(if( where the cell is text not a number

    Quote Originally Posted by zbor View Post
    Try: =COUNTIF($C$2:$C$62, C2) and pull down
    Perfect. Thanks.

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