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cplasencia
Jul 22, 2021Copper Contributor
Creating a COUNTIF formula that always references one cell to the left
Hello! I'm working on a project that involves using a COUNTIF statement which will always reference the cell directly to the left of it. I'm trying to figure out a way to automate the process, b...
- Jul 22, 2021So, I've answered my own question,
What I ended up doing was creating an OFFSET statement within the COUNTIF function,
=COUNTIF(A1:A10000, (OFFSET(INDIRECT(ADDRESS(ROW(), COLUMN())),0,-1)))
DKoontz
Jul 22, 2021Iron Contributor
Would =+COUNTIF(A:A,B1) not work if B1 is the cell left of your countif and A:A is the data range? We need some more info on the structure of your data.
cplasencia
Jul 22, 2021Copper Contributor
Thanks, but I actually just figured it out!