Hi,

I have been searching for some help:

I have multiple columns and 2000 rows with numbers



I want the to count only those instances where the number 2 appears in
column A
AND the number 5 also appears in columns B


Thanks for the help


zach

=sumproduct(--(a1:a2000=2),--(b1:b2000=5))

Adjust the ranges to match--but you can't use whole columns (except in xl2007).

=sumproduct() likes to work with numbers. The -- stuff changes trues and falses
to 1's and 0's.

Bob Phillips explains =sumproduct() in much more detail here:
http://www.xldynamic.com/source/xld.SUMPRODUCT.html

And J.E. McGimpsey has some notes at:
http://mcgimpsey.com/excel/formulae/doubleneg.html


And if you're using xl2007, you may want to look at =countifs() in excel's help.

potentus wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have been searching for some help:
>
> I have multiple columns and 2000 rows with numbers
>
> I want the to count only those instances where the number 2 appears in
> column A
> AND the number 5 also appears in columns B
>
> Thanks for the help
>
> zach

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Dave Peterson