Errin in function COUNTIF/COUNTIFS

[pinarello]

Hello,


assuming you have classification characteristics in your master data and you would like to know how often a characteristic is assigned, then you use either the function COUNTIF or COUNTIFS.


In this case, you will always get incorrect results if the classification characteristic was entered as text, but only consists of digits and the total length is more than 16 characters.

Example:

column A
[TABLE="width: 225"]
<colgroup><col></colgroup><tbody>[TR]
[TD]102030405060708090[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]102030405060708091[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]102030405060708092[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]102030405060708093[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]102030405060708094[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]102030405060708095[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]102030405060708096[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]102030405060708097

Formula: =COUNTIFA1:A99;"102030405060708090")

Expected and correct result = 1 but Excel says 8.

But in case of:

Column A
[TABLE="width: 225"]
<colgroup><col></colgroup><tbody>[TR]
[TD]My_parents_are_older_than_me_1[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]My_parents_are_older_than_me_2[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]My_parents_are_older_than_me_3[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]My_parents_are_older_than_me_4[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]My_parents_are_older_than_me_5

Formula: = =ZÄHLENWENN(A1:A99;"My_parents_are_older_than_me_1")

[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]
Excel show the correct result "1".[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]

 

[sandy666]

try: =SUMPRODUCT(--(A1:A99="102030405060708090"))

 

[pinarello]

Yes, this is how the correct result is displayed. Thanks for the tip.


But Microsoft could still correct the error in COUNTIF and COUNTIFS

 

[sandy666]

You are welcome

Call Microsoft