COUNTIF with a twist

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Erich Duff

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OK, I have something I've been fighting with for a bit. I have a column (column E) that has numbers. Basically it's a target for a month (each row is a different month, starting from October 2003 to the present). I need to go back, find the last time the target was 1.8 or greater and count forward the amount of times the target was below 1.8. In other words, I need to count the amount of consecutive months from now backwards that the target was below 1.8. Any help?

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Hi Erich

Let's assume that your values are in E1:E100. Since you started in Oct 2003 the last cells are still empty, but will be filled one more each month.

Then try:

=COUNT(INDEX(E:E,1+MAX(IF(E1:E100<>"",IF(E1:E100>1.8,ROW(E1:E100))))):E100)
This is an array formula and so MUST be entered with CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER and not just ENTER.

Hope this helps
PGC
 
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I'm glad I was able to help.

I spotted an error in the formula. You say in your post "find the last time the target was 1.8 OR GREATER"

Please replace in the formula >1.8 by >= 1.8

Cheers
PGC
 
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