How do I COUNTIF in excel using multiple criteria?

[Guest]

I am trying to set up a function which looks to see if multiple criteria,
across different columns are met.

Idealy I should think the following function should work, but alas, it does
not:

=COUNTIF(AND(A1:A5=1, B1:B5=2))

Any suggestions?

 

[Ken Wright]

=SUMPRODUCT((A1:A5=1)*(B1:B5=2)*(C1:C5=3)) etc

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Ken....................... Microsoft MVP - Excel
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[Guest]

Check this site for using SUMPRODUCT for calculations involving multiple
criteria:
http://www.xldynamic.com/source/xld.SUMPRODUCT.html
Another means is using the DCOUNT function.

 

[Guest]

Thank you, this has been very helpful!

 

[Ken Wright]

You're welcome