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Copper Contributor

Feb 22, 2019

fill formula to next row

i'm trying to copy this formula =COUNTIF(A2:R155,B2) to the next row and fill the it to =COUNTIF(A2:R155,B3). what happens when i drag the box =COUNTIF(A3:R156,B2) . if i copy the formula and paste i...

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Haytham Amairah

Silver Contributor

Feb 22, 2019

Hi,

You have to make the criteria range absolute (Locked) by preceding the row and column references by the dollar sign as follows:

=COUNTIF($A$2:$R$155,B2)

This will prevent the range from changing when copying the formula down.

To learn more about that, please check out this https://support.office.com/en-us/article/switch-between-relative-absolute-and-mixed-references-dfec08cd-ae65-4f56-839e-5f0d8d0baca9.

Hope that helps

sk1325

Copper Contributor

Feb 22, 2019

wow!
it worked.

thanks