Counting Variables in Two Columns

**msolari** · 09-19-2012, 07:15 PM

I need some VBA code (not formulas) for Excel that can count when two different variables in two different columns are in the same row. For example, I would like to count how many times "Fish" in Column A appears in the same row as "Tank" in column B. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

**msolari** · 09-19-2012, 07:59 PM

Bump.
Is this not possible without formulas?

**xladept** · 09-19-2012, 08:07 PM

Hi msolari,

It's not very fancy:

Sub FishTank()
Dim c As Long, eA As Long, eB As Long, e As Long, i As Long
eA = Range("A" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row: e = eA
eB = Range("B" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row
If eA > eB Then e = eB
For i = 1 To e
If Range("A" & i) = "Fish" And Range("B" & i) = "Tank" Then c = c + 1
Next i
MsgBox ("there are " & c & " fish tanks")
End Sub

**msolari** · 09-19-2012, 08:37 PM

Thank you xladept. Works great! Thanks for the prompt response.

**xladept** · 09-19-2012, 09:08 PM

You're welcome!

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