counting cells in two columns that have the same results

[Guest]

I'm trying to come up with a formula that would give me a count of a yes/no
combination in two different columns like below:

K L
1 Member Approved
2 y y
3 y n
4 n y
5 y y

where I can get a count of the "Y" in column K that are also "Y" in column
L, in other words, the members who are also approved. I've tried stringing
two countif formulae together, but can't seem to get that to work. Any
suggestions?

 

[Guest]

Chris........Try this:

=SUMPRODUCT((K2:K100="Y")*(L2:L100="Y"))

Adjust range references to suit your situation.

Does that help?
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Regards,
Ron

XL2002, WinXP

 

[Guest]

Hi,

Although sumproduct is definitely a better formula to use, you cn also use
an array formula (Ctrl+Shiuft+Enter)

=sum(if((rangeK="y")*(rangeL="y"),1,0))

Regards,

Ashish Mathur

 

[Guest]

Hi Chris!

You may try this (I have placed the y-n data in A2:B5 range to test them)...

=SUM(IF(A2:A5&B2:B5="yy",1,0))

enter the formula as an array formula (using CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER). You may
modify the ranges as appropriate.

Hope this helps!

 

[Guest]

I get an error that stats value not available. I copied the formula and then
simply adjusted the ranges. Does it matter if we're trying to use a
"sumproduct" formula and we're dealing with text? I'm trying to evaluate two
columns of text and they both have to be a "y" to be counted. Thanks.

 

[Guest]

Tried it. Did not get an error message, but continually got a "0" answer
regardless of the combination of "Y"s and "N"s in each of the columns.

 

[Guest]

Returns a value of 0 in every case regardless of the combinations of "Y"s and
"N"s in each of the respective columns.

 

[Guest]

Chris:

Please post your formula so we can see what structure you're using.

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Regards,
Ron

XL2002, WinXP

 

[Guest]

OMG.....it works!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you!