How to calculate running count of occurrence in list in Excel?
This tutorial provides two formulas to help you easily calculate running count of an occurrence or every value in a list in Excel.
Calculate running count of an occurrence in list with formula
Calculate running count of every value in list with formula
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Calculate running count of an occurrence in list with formula
As the below screenshot shown, you only want to calculate the running count of item “Banana” in the Fruit list, please do as follows.
1. Select a blank cell (here I select B2) which is adjacent to the first cell (exclude the header cell) of the list, copy the below formula into it and press the Enter key.
=IF(A2="Banana",COUNTIF($A$2:A2,"Banana"),"")
Note: In the formula, A2 is the first cell (exclude the header cell) of the list, “Banana” is the value you will calculate. You can change them based on your needs.
2. Select the result cell, drag the Fill Handle down to apply the formula to other cells. Then you will get the result as the below screenshot shown.
Calculate running count of every value in list with formula
If you want to calculate the running count of each value in the list in Excel, the formula in this section can help.
1. Also, you need to select a blank cell which is adjacent to the first cell (exclude the header cell) of the list.
2. Copy the below formula into it and press the Enter key.
=COUNTIF($A$2:$A2,A2)
3. Select the result cell, drag the Fill Handle down to apply the formula to other cells. Then you will get the result as the below screenshot shown.
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