formula for counting the occurence of more than one condition

[Dr Carl]

I'm using Excel 2003 (Windows XP) and have been unsuccessfully attempting to
count the occurence of more than one condition (I used the formula found in
HELP). I always end up with VALUE! whether I'm on a PC or my Mac. So I
designed my own formula that works on both platforms:

=SUM(COUNTIF(range,"1st criterion")+COUNTIF(range,"2nd criterion"))


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[Pete_UK]

You don't really need the SUM( ) part.

Pete

 

[T. Valko]

Another way to write the same formula:

=SUM(COUNTIF(range,{"1st criterion","2nd criterion"}))

If the criteria is TEXT:

=SUM(COUNTIF(range,{"red","green"}))

If the criteria is numeric:

=SUM(COUNTIF(range,{10,20}))