Counting cells that don't contain certain text

[Guest]

Is there a quick and easy way of counting the number of cells that don't
contain certain text strings

For example

Column A

Yes
No
Yes
Maybe
Maybe
No
Certainly
Definately
Yes

How could I count the number of cells that don't contain the word "yes" - in
this case the answer would be 6

Many thanks

 

[Guest]

See if this does the trick.

=COUNTA(A1:A9)-COUNTIF(A1:A9,"Yes")

 

[Biff]

Hi!

Try this:

=COUNTIF(A1:A9,"<>yes")

That will include empty and blank cells.

If you want to exclude empty/blank cells:

=SUMPRODUCT(--(A1:A9<>""),--(A1:A9<>"yes"))

Biff

 

[Don Guillett]

or if all cells are filled and j9 is the last cell with data
=COUNTIF(J1:J9,"<>yes")

 

[Domenic]

Try...

=COUNTIF(A2:A10,"?*")-COUNTIF(A2:A10,"Yes")

Hope this helps!