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Plati
Jan 03, 2025Copper Contributor
Count cells without a specific text
Hi! I have two colums filled with data. I need a formula to count the instances of when column A has a certain text, and Column B does NOT have a certain text. How do I do this? Example: TEX...
HansVogelaar
Jan 03, 2025MVP
=COUNTIFS(A1:A1000, "TEXT 1", B1:B1000, "<>ANSWER 1")
Plati
Jan 21, 2025Copper Contributor
Hi, tahnks for your reply.
I cant seem to get this to work. Excel says the formula is wrong.
Can you ellaborate maybe?
- HansVogelaarJan 21, 2025MVP
Do you use comma as decimal separator? If so, use semicolons between the arguments of a function:
=COUNTIFS(A1:A1000; "TEXT 1"; B1:B1000; "<>ANSWER 1")