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Barrie Kirton
Jun 18, 2018Copper Contributor
Combining IF and AND formula applied to text strings.
Hi, I would like to insert a combined IF and AND logical routine to return a result in another cell of "True" / "False" / or ideally a number when one cell = a text string eg. "TextA" and anothe...
SergeiBaklan
Jun 18, 2018Diamond Contributor
Hi Barrie,
Excel definitely compares cells with text
- Barrie KirtonJun 21, 2018Copper ContributorSergei,
Many Thanks for your help, very much appreciated.
Is it possible in the Formula string to count the number of times "A2" and B2" = barrie (A2) and kirton (B2)and using COUNTIF and AND routines
I would like to count the number of times these two events occur in a spreadsheet with about 60 rows First Names and Surnames..
I know I can do this with the Data filter tool but would like to use COUNTIF and the AND routine- SergeiBaklanJun 21, 2018Diamond Contributor
Barrie,
You'd like to count number of such records for the specific name(s) you have in other cells; or generate the list of unique names from your A,B columns adding how many times such names are repeated?
- Barrie KirtonJun 21, 2018Copper Contributor
Sergei, It is the latter, ie generate the list of unique names , ie First Name Barrie (A) and Surname Kirton B and be able to count the number of times in the list that this unique combination of First and Surname appears also would like to incorporate a location in column C eg St Cuthberts church