Mulitiple Count of occurrences in different columns

[Ant]

Count of occurrences that appear in multiple columns. For example I have 5
columns that label a particular account as a “NEW†or “OLDâ€, “HAPPY†or
“SADâ€, “1†or “2â€, and “RED†or “BLACKâ€. Each account has one of the labels
and I want to count how many are labeled as “OLDâ€, “HAPPYâ€, “1â€, and “BLACKâ€.

I can't get the "COUNTIF", "COUNT(IF..." formula's to work. Can someone
assist?

 

[Bob Umlas]

=SUMPRODUCT(N(A1:A100="OLD"),N(B1:B100="HAPPY"),N(C1:C100=1),N(D1100="BLACK"))

 

[Per Jessen]

Hi Ant

You need a SumProduct formula.

I assume one column is used for one label pair.

With labels in column A, this formula will work:

=SUMPRODUCT(--(A1:A10="OLD"),--(B1:B10="Happy"),--(C1:C10=1),--(D110="black"))

Hopes this helps.

 

[Ant]

That worked perfectly. Can you tell me what the "N" stands for in the formula?
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Thank you,
Ant

=SUMPRODUCT(N(A1:A100="OLD"),N(B1:B100="HAPPY"),N(C1:C100=1),N(D1100="BLACK"))