counting cells that are >0 in a range of non-contiguous cells

[Guest]

I want to count how many of a group of specific cells contain a number >0
where the range of cells is non-contiguous or non-bordering. ie. not (A1:A10)
Here is an example of what I am tyring, but it is not working correctly:

=COUNTA("R46,R73,R99,R125,R151,R177,R203",">0")

The cell references in quotes are the 'range' and >0 is the value. All of
the cells in the range have formulas, but only 2 of them currently result in
a value >0, so the total should be 2. As the other formulas create values,
that number would go up.

I can't find any solid explanation of how to count to a cell range of
specific cells vs. a row, cloumn or table of cells. Any suggestions? thanks.

 

[T. Valko]

One way:

As long as the cells will *ONLY* contain numbers (no formula blanks either):

=(R46>0)+(R73>0)+(R99>0)+(R125>0)+(R151>0)+(R177>0)+(R203>0)

Biff

 

[Herbert Seidenberg]

Select the non-contiguous cells while
holding down CTRL.
Enter a name in the Name Box, say ListA.
=COUNTIF(INDEX(ListA,,,1):INDEX(ListA,,,COUNTA(ListA)),">0")

 

[Harlan Grove]

Select the non-contiguous cells while
holding down CTRL.
Enter a name in the Name Box, say ListA.
=COUNTIF(INDEX(ListA,,,1):INDEX(ListA,,,COUNTA(ListA)),">0")

Put the following values in A1:A10.

9
0
2
11
3
2
8
6
0
0

Select A1, A3, A5, A7, A9 and name it ListA. Enter your formula in C1.
It returns 7, even though ListA has only 5 cells. Can you figure out
why?

Conditional counting over multiple cell ranges is easiest with
FREQUENCY, e.g., to count the values > 0 in ListA as above,

=INDEX(FREQUENCY(ListA,{0}),2)

and to count the values = 9,

=INDEX(FREQUENCY(ListA,{8.99999999999999;9}),2)

 

[Herbert Seidenberg]

Harlan:
Thanks for pointing out my error.
Your solution works great.
Do you have a workaround for the 1000 character
limit in the name ListA?

 

[Guest]

Select the non contiguous cells while holding down CTRL, right click to copy,
select a empty cell and Paste Special, select Values, click OK

Now you have a range of contiguous cells

=COUNTIF(range of contiguous cells,">0")

 

[T. Valko]

Do you have a workaround for the 1000 character

limit in the name ListA?

I can never get more than 255 chars.

Use multiple area references:

=INDEX(FREQUENCY((rng1,rng2),{0}),2)

Biff

 

[Herbert Seidenberg]

Try a checkerboard.

 

[T. Valko]

It returns 7, even though ListA has only 5 cells. Can you figure out

why?

I don't know if that's a rhetorical question but I'll answer it for the sake
of others that may be interested.

=COUNTIF(INDEX(ListA,,,1):INDEX(ListA,,,COUNTA(ListA)),">0")

INDEX(ListA,,,1) =
INDEX(A1,A3,A5,A7,A9,,,1) =
A1

INDEX(ListA,,,COUNTA(ListA)) =
INDEX(A1,A3,A5,A7,A9,,,COUNTA(A1,A3,A5,A7,A9)) =
INDEX(A1,A3,A5,A7,A9,,,5) =
A9

=COUNTIF(A1:A9,">0") = 7

It also would have crashed if there were any empty cells in the named range.

Biff

 

[Guest]

Guys, thanks this one with frequency does exactly what I needed.