COUNTIF PROBLEM

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Hi,

I am using the countif formula in my spreadsheet to count the number
of times "DPRS" appears in say column G. for some reason it keeps
givong me the wrong answer i.e. instead of 29 I get 9 as the
answer.When I filter for "DPRS" I get 29. There are no blank cells in
between.

Thanks,

Manir
 
Hi,

the answer may be spaces, try this

=SUMPRODUCT(--(TRIM(G1:G13)="DPRS"))

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Hi,

I am using the countif formula in my spreadsheet to count the number
of times "DPRS" appears in say column G. for some reason it keeps
givong me the wrong answer i.e. instead of 29 I get 9 as the
answer.When I filter for "DPRS" I get 29. There are no blank cells in
between.

Thanks,

Manir
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i would appreciate aeply.
 
Post the formula that you are using. Does it cover the correct range
of column G? Could you have spaces before or after some of those DPRS
values? You might like to try this:

=COUNTIF(G:G,"*DPRS*")

Hope this helps.

Pete
 
Post the formula that you are using. Does it cover the correct range
of column G? Could you have spaces before or after some of those DPRS
values? You might like to try this:

=COUNTIF(G:G,"*DPRS*")

Hope this helps.

Pete




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Hi Pete,

Thanks for your reply.

This is just what was needed.

Regards,

Manir
 
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