COUNTIFS

Syntax:

COUNTIFS ( count-range , cell-range-1 , selection-criteria-1[ , cell-range-2 , selection-criteria-2 [ ,] ] )

Description: Counts the number of cells within a range that meet multiple criteria.

Arguments:

Name

Type

Description

count-range

reference

Designates the cells whose values are included. count-range does not have to have the same size and shape as cell-range-1 through cell-range-n. The actual cells that are added are determined by using the top, left cell in count-range as the beginning cell, and then including cells that correspond in size and shape to cell-range-1 through cell-range-n.

cell-range-1

reference

Designates the first range of cells to be inspected. Each cell in a range is counted only if all of the corresponding criteria specified are true for that cell.

selection-criteria-1

number, expression, reference, text

Designates the first range of cells to be counted. In the case of text, selection-criteria-1 can consist of any comparison operator followed by the operand against which each cell's value is to be compared. selection-criteria can include one or more wildcard characters, question mark (?) and asterisk (*). A question mark matches any single character; an asterisk matches any sequence of characters. To search for a question mark, asterisk, or tilde character, prefix that character with a tilde (~).

cell-range-n

reference

The optional arguments selection-criteria-2 through selection-criteria-n have corresponding arguments cell-range-2 through cell-range-n, and have the same semantics as selection-criteria-1 and cell-range-1, respectively.

selection-criteria-n

number, expression, reference, text

If a cell in any argument is an empty cell, it is treated as if it had the value 0.

Return Type and Value: number – The count of the cells corresponding to those selected.

example:

A

B

C

D

1

Sales Person

Exceeded Tables Quota

Exceeded Chairs Quota

Exceeded Desks Quota

2

Davolio

Yes

No

No

3

Buchanan

Yes

Yes

No

4

Suyama

Yes

Yes

Yes

5

Leverling

No

Yes

Yes

COUNTIFS(B2:D2,"=Yes") results in 1 (counts how many times Davolio exceeded a sales quota for tables, chairs, and desks)

COUNTIFS(B2:B5,"=Yes",C2:C5,"=Yes") results in 2 (counts how many sales people exceeded both their tables and chairs quota)

COUNTIFS(B5:D5,"=Yes",B3:D3,"=Yes") results in 1 (counts how many times Leverling and Buchanan exceeded the same quota for tables, chairs, and desks)]