Excel COUNTIFS Function (Example + Video)
When to use Excel COUNTIFS Function
COUNTIFS function can be used when you want to count the number of cells that meet a single or multiple criteria.
What it Returns
It returns a number that represents the number of cells that met a specified criteria in the specified range(s).
Syntax
=COUNTIFS(criteria_range1, criteria1, [criteria_range2, criteria2]…)
Input Arguments
- criteria_range1 – The range of cells for which you want to evaluate against criteria1.
- criteria1 – the criteria which you want to evaluate for criteria_range1 to determine which cells to count.
- [criteria_range2] – The range of cells for which you want to evaluate against criteria2.
- [criteria2] – the criteria which you want to evaluate for criteria_range2 to determine which cells to count.
Additional Notes
- Criteria could be a number, expression, cell reference, text, or a formula.
- Criteria which are text or mathematical/logical symbols (such as =,+,-,/,*) should be in double quotes.
- Wildcard characters can be used in criteria.
- There are three wildcard characters in Excel – the question mark (?), asterisk (*), and tilde (~)
- A question mark matches any single character
- An asterisk matches any sequence of characters.
- If you want to find an actual question mark or asterisk, type a tilde (~) before the character.
- There are three wildcard characters in Excel – the question mark (?), asterisk (*), and tilde (~)
- Criteria are case insensitive (“Hello” and “hello” are treated as same).
- Cells in counted only when all the conditions are met.
- Up to 127 pairs to criteria and criteria range are allowed.
- If the criteria argument is a reference to an empty cell, the COUNTIFS function treats the empty cell as a 0 value
Excel COUNTIFS Function – Live Example
Excel COUNTIFS Function – Video Tutorial
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