Let's say;
A2:A8 contains the data. So in C2 enter; & copy down...
=ROWS(C$2:C2)
Here you says, how many row numbers are in range C2:C2? Ans: 1
When you copy down you will get;
=ROWS(C$2:C3) Ans: 2 (Row #2, Row #3)
=ROWS(C$2:C4) Ans: 3 (Row #2, Row #3, Row #4)
=ROWS(C$2:C5) Ans: 4 (Row #2, Row #3, Row #4, Row #5)
Then in D2 enter the below formula, copy down...
=COUNTIF($A$2:$A$8,C2)
In C2 you should have 1 ( =ROWS(C$2:C2) )
COUNTIF will calculate C2 value as the Criteria. When you copy down, you will get
=COUNTIF($A$2:$A$8,C3) calculate C3 value as the Criteria.
=COUNTIF($A$2:$A$8,C4) calculate C3 value as the Criteria.
=COUNTIF($A$2:$A$8,C5) calculate C4 value as the Criteria.
E2 enter this formula;
=COUNTIF($A$2:$A$8,ROWS(E$2:E2))
So here, firstlt calculate ROWS(E$2:E2) part & will give you 1 [ How many row numbers are in E2:E2? Ans: 1]
COUNTIF will calculate as;
=COUNTIF($A$2:$A$8,1)
When you copy down, ROWS calculate it's values, 2,3,4.
See below.
Hope this helps you.
<b>Excel 2007</b><table cellpadding="2.5px" rules="all" style=";background-color: #FFFFFF;border: 1px solid;border-collapse: collapse; border-color: #A6AAB6"><colgroup><col width="25px" style="background-color: #E0E0F0" /><col /><col /><col /><col /><col /></colgroup><thead><tr style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;text-align: center;color: #161120"><th></th><th>A</th><th>B</th><th>C</th><th>D</th><th>E</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">1</td><td style="font-weight: bold;text-align: center;;">Data</td><td style="font-weight: bold;text-align: center;;"></td><td style="font-weight: bold;text-align: center;;">ROWS</td><td style="font-weight: bold;text-align: center;;">COUNTIF</td><td style="font-weight: bold;text-align: center;;">COUNTIF / ROWS</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">2</td><td style="text-align: right;;">1</td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;">1</td><td style="text-align: right;;">2</td><td style="text-align: right;;">2</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">3</td><td style="text-align: right;;">3</td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;">2</td><td style="text-align: right;;">2</td><td style="text-align: right;;">2</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">4</td><td style="text-align: right;;">2</td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;">3</td><td style="text-align: right;;">2</td><td style="text-align: right;;">2</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">5</td><td style="text-align: right;;">2</td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;">4</td><td style="text-align: right;;">1</td><td style="text-align: right;;">1</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">6</td><td style="text-align: right;;">4</td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">7</td><td style="text-align: right;;">1</td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">8</td><td style="text-align: right;;">3</td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="width:3.6em;font-weight:bold;margin:0;padding:0.2em 0.6em 0.2em 0.5em;border: 1px solid #A6AAB6;border-top:none;text-align: center;background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">Sheet1</p><br /><br /><table width="85%" cellpadding="2.5px" rules="all" style=";border: 2px solid black;border-collapse:collapse;padding: 0.4em;background-color: #FFFFFF" ><tr><td style="padding:6px" ><b>Worksheet Formulas</b><table cellpadding="2.5px" width="100%" rules="all" style="border: 1px solid;text-align:center;background-color: #FFFFFF;border-collapse: collapse; border-color: #A6AAB6"><thead><tr style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120"><th width="10px">Cell</th><th style="text-align:left;padding-left:5px;">Formula</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><th width="10px" style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">C2</th><td style="text-align:left">=ROWS(<font color="Blue">C$2:C2</font>)</td></tr><tr><th width="10px" style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">D2</th><td style="text-align:left">=COUNTIF(<font color="Blue">$A$2:$A$8,C2</font>)</td></tr><tr><th width="10px" style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">E2</th><td style="text-align:left">=COUNTIF(<font color="Blue">$A$2:$A$8,ROWS(<font color="Red">E$2:E2</font>)</font>)</td></tr><tr><th width="10px" style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">C3</th><td style="text-align:left">=ROWS(<font color="Blue">C$2:C3</font>)</td></tr><tr><th width="10px" style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">D3</th><td style="text-align:left">=COUNTIF(<font color="Blue">$A$2:$A$8,C3</font>)</td></tr><tr><th width="10px" style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">E3</th><td style="text-align:left">=COUNTIF(<font color="Blue">$A$2:$A$8,ROWS(<font color="Red">E$2:E3</font>)</font>)</td></tr><tr><th width="10px" style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">C4</th><td style="text-align:left">=ROWS(<font color="Blue">C$2:C4</font>)</td></tr><tr><th width="10px" style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">D4</th><td style="text-align:left">=COUNTIF(<font color="Blue">$A$2:$A$8,C4</font>)</td></tr><tr><th width="10px" style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">E4</th><td style="text-align:left">=COUNTIF(<font color="Blue">$A$2:$A$8,ROWS(<font color="Red">E$2:E4</font>)</font>)</td></tr><tr><th width="10px" style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">C5</th><td style="text-align:left">=ROWS(<font color="Blue">C$2:C5</font>)</td></tr><tr><th width="10px" style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">D5</th><td style="text-align:left">=COUNTIF(<font color="Blue">$A$2:$A$8,C5</font>)</td></tr><tr><th width="10px" style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">E5</th><td style="text-align:left">=COUNTIF(<font color="Blue">$A$2:$A$8,ROWS(<font color="Red">E$2:E5</font>)</font>)</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></table><br />