COUNTIF V/s COUNTIFS function

 

Excel COUNTIF function

Excel COUNTIF function - count cells that meet one condition

The COUNTIF function is purposed for counting cells that meet a certain criterion. Its syntax requires 2 arguments which are self explanatory. COUNTIF (range, criteria) In the first argument, you define a range where you want to count cells and in the second parameter, you specify a condition that should be met. For example, to count how many cells in range A2:A17 is "car", you use the following COUNTIF formula:

 =COUNTIF(A2:A17, "car")


Instead if typing a criterion directly in the formula, you can input a cell reference as demonstrated in the following screenshot:


Excel COUNTIFS function - count cells that match several criteria

The COUNTIFS function is similar to COUNTIF but it allows specifying multiple ranges and multiple criteria. Its syntax is as follows:

COUNTIFS (criteria_range1, criteria1, [criteria_range2, criteria2]…)

For example, to count how many "cars" are there in column A and how many cars are less than or equal to Rs. 200. For this the formula is

=COUNTIFS(A2:A17,"car", B2:B17,"<=200") 

Note: Because in Price cell Rs. word not defined so do not type Rs. word otherwise it does not give the appropriate result.


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