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How to count variables used in a sum formula?
Hi,
I'd like to COUNT all the variables used in the SUM formula. For e.g.
=1000+2000+3000 (used as a formula in a cell)
I'd like to count the variables in the formula - in the above e.g. it would be 3. Would like the COUNT of it as an output.
Wondering if there's a way of going about it.
Thank you
Yasir
Let's say you have a formula in A1 of the form =value1+value2+...
The number of values that contribute to the result is
=LEN(FORMULATEXT(A1))-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(FORMULATEXT(A1),"+",""))+1
This won't work for a formula of the form =SUM(1000,2000,3000) or =SUM(A1:A3)
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- If it's just addition and not any other arithmetic operations or more complex formulas than your example, then you could try:
=LEN(FORMULATEXT(A1))-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(FORMULATEXT(A1),"+",""))+1- That worked! Thank you!
Let's say you have a formula in A1 of the form =value1+value2+...
The number of values that contribute to the result is
=LEN(FORMULATEXT(A1))-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(FORMULATEXT(A1),"+",""))+1
This won't work for a formula of the form =SUM(1000,2000,3000) or =SUM(A1:A3)
- Ah super! Thanks so much. And so now if I were to extend that to say A1:A20, how could I go about doing that?
yasirtherapist Fill or copy the formula down to row 20.
