The COUNTIF function counts the number of cells in a range, that meet a given criteria.
COUNTIF(range,criteria)
range = range of cells that you want to count based on the criteria
criteria = determine which cells to count.
So if you only want to count some numbers in a list, but not all, COUNTIF rather than COUNT would be used. Say you had a list of exam results in the cells B2 to B30. If 40 was the pass mark and you wanted to count how many passes there were, your formula would be like this:
=COUNTIF(B2:B30,">=40")
The COUNTIF function.
COUNTIF counts things that meet certain criteria. The IF function can help a spreadsheet to make decisions. See the related question below.
The COUNTIF function can do that.
The Countif function is used to count values that meet a certain criteria. Say you have a block of various numbers in the cells from A2 to C10 and you want to find out how many of them are over 20. You would use the following function, which you would put in a blank cell. =countif(A2:C10,">20")
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You could use the COUNTIF function. If you have a column with the words yes and no in them, say in the cells from C2 to C25 and wanted to know how many contained yes and how many contained word, then you would use the following formulas:=COUNTIF(C2:C25,"Yes")=COUNTIF(C2:C25,"No")
Countif function is an excel function that counts the number of cells which answers a criteria.Countif function looks like this =countif(range,criteria)Range: the range we want to count.Criteria: the criteria each cell must meet in order to be counted (if it contains data).
Countif function counts cells containing data only when a certain condition is met.Countif function looks like this =countif(range,criteria)Range: the range we want to count.Criteria: the criteria each cell must meet in order to be counted (if it contains data).For example, let's say we have a list of stores with sales of an item and we want to know how many stores sold above 15 (note that 15 will not be counted only above it). We can use countif function and get the answer in a sec
A COUNTIF can only have one criteria. What you could do is use four COUNTIF functions in one formula and add them together. So say that you wanted to find the single total of four different names in a list, you could do it like this:=COUNTIF(A3:A200,"John")+COUNTIF(A3:A200,"Tim")+COUNTIF(A3:A200,"Bob")+COUNTIF(A3:A200,"Ronnie")If the criteria are combined, rather than searching for four different things, you could use IF with the AND and/or the OR function to first work out if something meets your 4 criteria and put the result in a new column. If it meets all 4 criteria you could put 1 in that cell otherwise 0. Then you could count the amount of times 1 appears on that column with a normal COUNTIF function, or even SUM up all the values and you would also get the total. If you have Excel 2007 or higher, there is a COUNTIFS function which can deal with multiple criteria.
You can use the IF function to do calcutions based on conditions. You can also use SUMIF, COUNTIF and AVERAGEIF to do calculations too.
Two, the range you wish to interrogate and the criteria on which to count.=COUNTIF(A1:F30, 3)For example, this would count every instance of the number 3 in the A1:F30 range. (Note this is a count function not a sum function, so it is not adding them up, but simply counting how many of them are present)
You could use the COUNTIF function and set the criteria to be the thing that you want to count. So say you wanted to count the amount of times the number 3 comes in a list of numbers from cells A2 to A50, you could type: =COUNTIF(A2:A50,3)