Excel 2007 : Countif formula issue

Hi I need help in writing a formula that will let me count the number of sick Episodes in a month i.e. if someone has 10 days off in a months period but this is not all at the same time - an episode of 2 days, then another episode of 4 days and a further episode of 4 days (10 days in total over 3 episodes)

I can get excel to count the individual days, but cant figure the formula that would allow me to count the episodes.

Can anyone help please?

John

To best describe or illustrate your problem you would be better off attaching a dummy workbook, the workbook should contain the same structure and some dummy data of the same type as the type you have in your real workbook - so, if a cell contains numbers & letters in this format abc-123 then that should be reflected in the dummy workbook.

If needed supply a before and after sheet in the workbook so the person helping you can see what you are trying to achieve.

Doing this will ensure you get the result you need!