Excel formula

[Rick]

Range is b3:af3 I want to total entries that would have s=2 in a cell or s=5
in the range. I cannot get the formula to work .. Any suggestions

 

[Dave Peterson]

maybe...
=countif(b3:af3,"s=2")
or
=countif(b3:af3,"*"&"s=2"&"*")
if s=2 can be in a cell with other text.

 

[Mike H]

Rick,

You need to clarify this (well for me you do). What precisely is in these
cells, is it a text string s=5 etc or something else?
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