COUNTIF function - Zoho Sheet - Help Guide

COUNTIF

Counts the number of cells in a range that meet a specified condition.

 

Syntax

 

COUNTIF(test_range; condition)

test_range: The range in which you want to count the number of non-empty cells based on the given condition. Eg., A2:A8

condition: The condition may be:

A number, such as 15

An expression, such as 2/3 or SQRT(A1)

A text string, such as "zoho"

In addition to testing for similar values in test_range for the given condition, the COUNTIF function also allows the use of >, <, >=, <=, =, <> in the condition.

 

Remarks

  • The COUNTIF function is not case-sensitive i.e. APPLE and Apple are treated similar.


Examples

  

Formula

Result

=COUNTIF( A2:A8 ; "Lockers" )

1

=COUNTIF( B2:B8 ; ">300" )

4


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Possible Errors

 

Errors

Meaning

#N/A!

  • The function could not find the value it was asked to look for. Commonly occurs in VLOOKUP and similar functions.

#NAME!

  • The function name is incorrect or invalid.

  • The given defined name (if any) is invalid.

  • There is a typo in the defined name used in the function.

  • Double quotes are missing for text values in the function.

  • Colon missing in a cell range reference.

#VALUE!

  • The given argument's data type is incorrect or invalid.
    For example, the function =DATE(A1:A3) will return a #VALUE error when a text value is present in the range.

#REF!

  • The given cell reference is incorrect or invalid. This error may occur when a cell/range has been deleted, moved, or pasted over.

 

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