Another Countif Query

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Hello

I have a table similar to the one below:

[TABLE="width: 500"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD]English Teacher[/TD]
[TD]English Teacher Target[/TD]
[TD]English Teacher Assessment[/TD]
[TD]Maths Teacher[/TD]
[TD]Maths Teacher Target[/TD]
[TD]Maths Teacher Assessment[/TD]
[TD]Science Teacher[/TD]
[TD]Science Teacher Target[/TD]
[TD]Science Teacher Assessment[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]a[/TD]
[TD]b[/TD]
[TD]b-[/TD]
[TD]e[/TD]
[TD]d[/TD]
[TD]d[/TD]
[TD]i[/TD]
[TD]s[/TD]
[TD]s+[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]b[/TD]
[TD]d[/TD]
[TD]b[/TD]
[TD]f[/TD]
[TD]s[/TD]
[TD]d+[/TD]
[TD]j[/TD]
[TD]m[/TD]
[TD]m-[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]c[/TD]
[TD]s[/TD]
[TD]b+[/TD]
[TD]g[/TD]
[TD]m[/TD]
[TD]s-[/TD]
[TD]k[/TD]
[TD]b[/TD]
[TD]b[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]d[/TD]
[TD]m[/TD]
[TD]d-[/TD]
[TD]h[/TD]
[TD]b[/TD]
[TD]s+[/TD]
[TD]l[/TD]
[TD]d[/TD]
[TD]b+[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]

I need to count the number of bs, ds, s' and ms in all the columns headed with ...Teacher Assessment.

The formula I have tried to use so far is =SUM(COUNTIF(INDEX(RawData,0,MATCH("*teacher assessment*",RawDataHeadings,0)),{"b-";"s1";"s2";"s3";"b-1";"b-2";"b-3"})) (the bit in bold highlights the many variations I need to count but only for this column).

For the other columns it will be simply B, B+, D- etch.

The result it is returning is 2 - the result should be well over 200.

Any ideas as to where I am going wrong?

Thanks
 

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So the problem is it is only counting from the first column how can I make the formula count from every column that contains the words “teacher assessment”?
 
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Is it true that you don't care if there is a + or -, just if the b,d,s,m is in the cell? Then maybe:

ABCDEFGHI

<colgroup><col style="width: 25pxpx"><col><col><col><col><col><col><col><col><col></colgroup><thead>
</thead><tbody>
[TD="align: center"]1[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]English Teacher[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]English Teacher Target[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]English Teacher Assessment[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]Maths Teacher[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]Maths Teacher Target[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]Maths Teacher Assessment[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]Science Teacher[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]Science Teacher Target[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]Science Teacher Assessment[/TD]

[TD="align: center"]2[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]a[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]b[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]b-[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]e[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]d[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]d[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]i[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]s[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]s+[/TD]

[TD="align: center"]3[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]b[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]d[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]b[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]f[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]s[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]d+[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]j[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]m[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]m-[/TD]

[TD="align: center"]4[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]c[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]s[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]b+[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]g[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]m[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]s-[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]k[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]b[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]b[/TD]

[TD="align: center"]5[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]d[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]m[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]d-[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]h[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]b[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]s+[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]l[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]d[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]b+[/TD]

[TD="align: center"]6[/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]

[TD="align: center"]7[/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]

[TD="align: center"]8[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]12[/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]

</tbody>
Sheet6​

[TABLE="width: 85%"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD]Worksheet Formulas[TABLE="width: 100%"]
<thead>[TR="bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=DAE7F5]#DAE7F5[/URL] "]
[TH="width: 10px"]Cell[/TH]
[TH="align: left"]Formula[/TH]
[/TR]
</thead><tbody>[TR]
[TH="width: 10px, bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=DAE7F5]#DAE7F5[/URL] "]A8[/TH]
[TD="align: left"]=SUMPRODUCT(ISNUMBER(SEARCH(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(A2:I5,"-",""),"+",""),"bdsm"))*ISNUMBER(SEARCH("assessment",A1:I1)))[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]
[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]
 
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Control+shift+enter, not just enter:

=SUM(IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("Teacher Assessment",A1:I1)),IF(ISNUMBER(MATCH(LEFT(A2:I5),{"b","d","s","m"},0)),1)))
 
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Eric W said:
Is it true that you don't care if there is a + or -, just if the b,d,s,m is in the cell? Then maybe:

ABCDEFGHI

<tbody>
[TD="align: center"]1[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]English Teacher[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]English Teacher Target[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]English Teacher Assessment[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]Maths Teacher[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]Maths Teacher Target[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]Maths Teacher Assessment[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]Science Teacher[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]Science Teacher Target[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]Science Teacher Assessment[/TD]

[TD="align: center"]2[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]a[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]b[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]b-[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]e[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]d[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]d[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]i[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]s[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]s+[/TD]

[TD="align: center"]3[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]b[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]d[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]b[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]f[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]s[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]d+[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]j[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]m[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]m-[/TD]

[TD="align: center"]4[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]c[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]s[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]b+[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]g[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]m[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]s-[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]k[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]b[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]b[/TD]

[TD="align: center"]5[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]d[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]m[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]d-[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]h[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]b[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]s+[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]l[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]d[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FAFAFA"]b+[/TD]

[TD="align: center"]6[/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]

[TD="align: center"]7[/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]

[TD="align: center"]8[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]12[/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]

</tbody>
Sheet6​

[TABLE="width: 85%"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD]Worksheet Formulas[TABLE="width: 100%"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TH]Cell[/TH]
[TH="align: left"]Formula[/TH]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH]A8[/TH]
[TD="align: left"]=SUMPRODUCT(ISNUMBER(SEARCH(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(A2:I5,"-",""),"+",""),"bdsm"))*ISNUMBER(SEARCH("assessment",A1:I1)))[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]
[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]
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Unfortunately I need to consider the + and -. So I will need to count the number of B- in all the columns which contain Teacher Assessment in the column, then all the Bs, B+s etc.
 
Upvote 0
Did you read the bit that says control+shift+enter not just enter? You need to follow that instruction.
 
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steve the fish said:
Did you read the bit that says control+shift+enter not just enter? You need to follow that instruction.
Click to expand...

Yes I did but still no luck

I've tried to simplify and try using countifs i.e.:

=countifs(rawdataheadings,"*Teacher Assessment*",rawdata,E1)

But get a #Value ! response

If I split them apart and do

=countif(rawdataheadings,"*Teacher Assessment*") I get the result 30
=countif(rawdata,"B") I get the result 894

But combined I get a Value used in the formula is of the wrong data type!
 
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Why are you using countifs? You cant. What aladin gave you works perfectly well but requires CSE entry.
 
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