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How to count and sum "Condtional formatting" cells by color in Excel 2010?
- Feb 26, 2018
I came across this post being unanswered. so here is a User Defined Function in VBA
to SUM
use this UDF
Function SumConditionColorCells(CellsRange As Range, ColorRng As Range) Dim Bambo As Boolean Dim dbw As String Dim CFCELL As Range Dim CF1 As Single Dim CF2 As Double Dim CF3 As Long Bambo = False For CF1 = 1 To CellsRange.FormatConditions.Count If CellsRange.FormatConditions(CF1).Interior.ColorIndex = ColorRng.Interior.ColorIndex Then Bambo = True Exit For End If Next CF1 CF2 = 0 CF3 = 0 If Bambo = True Then For Each CFCELL In CellsRange dbw = CFCELL.FormatConditions(CF1).Formula1 dbw = Application.ConvertFormula(dbw, xlA1, xlR1C1) dbw = Application.ConvertFormula(dbw, xlR1C1, xlA1, , ActiveCell.Resize(CellsRange.Rows.Count, CellsRange.Columns.Count).Cells(CF3 + 1)) If Evaluate(dbw) = True Then CF2 = CF2 + CFCELL.Value CF3 = CF3 + 1 Next CFCELL Else SumConditionColorCells = "NO-COLOR" Exit Function End If SumConditionColorCells = CF2 End Function
if you want to Count instead of SUM then use the below UDF
Function COUNTConditionColorCells(CellsRange As Range, ColorRng As Range) Dim Bambo As Boolean Dim dbw As String Dim CFCELL As Range Dim CF1 As Single Dim CF2 As Double Dim CF3 As Long Bambo = False For CF1 = 1 To CellsRange.FormatConditions.Count If CellsRange.FormatConditions(CF1).Interior.ColorIndex = ColorRng.Interior.ColorIndex Then Bambo = True Exit For End If Next CF1 CF2 = 0 CF3 = 0 If Bambo = True Then For Each CFCELL In CellsRange dbw = CFCELL.FormatConditions(CF1).Formula1 dbw = Application.ConvertFormula(dbw, xlA1, xlR1C1) dbw = Application.ConvertFormula(dbw, xlR1C1, xlA1, , ActiveCell.Resize(CellsRange.Rows.Count, CellsRange.Columns.Count).Cells(CF3 + 1)) If Evaluate(dbw) = True Then CF2 = CF2 + 1 CF3 = CF3 + 1 Next CFCELL Else COUNTConditionColorCells = "NO-COLOR" Exit Function End If COUNTConditionColorCells = CF2 End Function
these solutions were provided to the similar question asked by other Excel users and worked for them.
For more detail here is the link for that answer
hi 7 Heven,
You have used Search function and also whole column reference A:A which is not compatible with the UDF. I have modified the formula and range in the attached example and the UDF works.
Hi Jamil
I can't believe my luck that you actually replied to my query! Thank you very much!
If I modified the formula as per your suggestion and remove the search function, it doesn't work on my master spreadsheet. Is there a way to modify the UDF to make it work with search function?
Many thanks again.
- JamilJan 04, 2019Bronze Contributor7_Heaven,
you can use search function, but your ranges should not be whole column reference. I have shown in the example in my previous post how you can use it.