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mower racer
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      2nd Jun 2006

Hi Guys

If i have a column in excel with text in it. Either "pass" or "fail",
how can i count the number of entries? Is there a formula to do this?

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      2nd Jun 2006
use countif():

=COUNTIF($A:$A,C1) where C1 contains pass.
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> If i have a column in excel with text in it. Either "pass" or "fail",
> how can i count the number of entries? Is there a formula to do this?
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> cheers
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have a look in the help index for COUNTIF

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      2nd Jun 2006
="Pass = "&COUNTIF(A:A,"pass")&CHAR(10)&"Fail = "&COUNTIF(A:A,"fail")

Format as "Word Wrap"

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> Hi Guys
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> If i have a column in excel with text in it. Either "pass" or "fail",
> how can i count the number of entries? Is there a formula to do this?
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> cheers
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      5th Jun 2006

Sorted! Thanks guys!


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