data valiation, dropdown list question

[Jesse Blanchard]

I'm creating a document for a hospital that keeps track of different types of
patients and tallys each time an option from the drop downlist is selected.
There are two different dropdown lists for each patient. What I need to know
is if its possible to create a conditional statement so that a patient is
counted only if the two drop down lists meet a specific combination. Thanks.

 

[T. Valko]

Assume drop downs are in A1:A10 and B1:B10

=SUMPRODUCT(--(A1:A10="condition1"),--(B1:B10="condition2"))

If the conditions are *text* enclose them in quotes as above. If the
conditions are numeric values *do not enclose them in quotes*.

 

[Otto Moehrbach]

Yes, it is. What constitutes "a patient is counted"? What are the options
is each dropdown list and what are the "specific" combinations? HTH Otto