Skip to main content

How to quickly count if cells are equal to x or y in Excel?

doc count either or 1
Supposing you have a range of data, and you want to count the cells if are equal to apple or mango in the two list, how can you quickly count them without manually count one by one?

Count number of cells are equal to criteria x or y with formula

Count number of cells are equal to criteria x or y with Defined Function

Count number of cells are equal to criteria x or y with Kutools for Excel

arrow blue right bubble Count number of cells are equal to criteria x or y with formula

Here I introduce some formulas can help you to count number of cells which are equal to x or y.

Count cells are equal to x or y

Select a blank cell, for instance, E2, and enter this formula =COUNTIF(A2:B7,"Apple")+COUNTIF(A2:B7,"Mango") and press Enter key to get result.
doc count either or 2

In above formula A2:B7 is the range you want to count from, and Apple and Mango are the values you want to count. You can change them as you need.

Count rows which contain x or y in a range

Select a blank cell, E2 for instance, and enter this formula =SUM(IF((A2:A7="Apple")+(B2:B7="Mango"),1,0)), press Shift + Ctrl + Enter key to get the correct result.
doc count either or 3


arrow blue right bubble Count number of cells are equal to criteria x or y with Defined Function

With Defined Function, you also can count the number of cells which equal to the criteria x or y.

1. Press Alt + F11 keys to open Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window.

2. Click Insert > Module, and paste the code into the script.

Code: Count either or

Function FindTwoStrings(Rng As Range, Str1 As String, Optional Str2 As String = "") As Long
    'UpdatebyExtendoffice20160705
    Application.Volatile
    Dim xCell As Range
    For Each xCell In Rng
        If (InStr(1, UCase(xCell.Value), UCase(Str1), 1) > 0) Or _
           (InStr(1, UCase(xCell.Value), UCase(Str2), 1) > 0) Then _
          FindTwoStrings = FindTwoStrings + 1
    Next
End Function

doc count either or 4

3. Save the code, and go back to select a blank cell you want to count the result, and enter this formula =FindTwoStrings(A2:A7,D3,D4) and press Enter key to get the count.
doc count either or 5

Tip: in the formula, A2:A7 is the range you want to count from, and D3 and D4 are the strings you want to count.


arrow blue right bubble Count number of cells are equal to criteria x or y with Kutools for Excel

If you want to count the number of cells which are equal to x or y, and then locate them, you can apply Kutools for Excel’s Select Specific Cells utility.

Kutools for Excel, with more than 300 handy functions, makes your jobs more easier. 

After free installing Kutools for Excel, please do as below:

1. Select the data range you want to count the cells, and then click Kutools > Select > Select Specific Cells. See screenshot:
doc count either or 6

2. In the Select Specific Cells dialog, check one option as you need in the Selection type section, and both select Equals from the two drop down list, and enter the criteria separately into the two textboxes, and remember to check Or option. see screenshot:
doc count either or 7

3. Click Ok or Apply, and a dialog pops out to tell you how many cells meet your criteria, and at the meanwhile, the cells equal to either criteria 1 or criteria 2 are selected.
doc count either or 8

doc download 1

Best Office Productivity Tools

🤖 Kutools AI Aide: Revolutionize data analysis based on: Intelligent Execution   |  Generate Code  |  Create Custom Formulas  |  Analyze Data and Generate Charts  |  Invoke Kutools Functions
Popular Features: Find, Highlight or Identify Duplicates   |  Delete Blank Rows   |  Combine Columns or Cells without Losing Data   |   Round without Formula ...
Super Lookup: Multiple Criteria VLookup    Multiple Value VLookup  |   VLookup Across Multiple Sheets   |   Fuzzy Lookup ....
Advanced Drop-down List: Quickly Create Drop Down List   |  Dependent Drop Down List   |  Multi-select Drop Down List ....
Column Manager: Add a Specific Number of Columns  |  Move Columns  |  Toggle Visibility Status of Hidden Columns  |  Compare Ranges & Columns ...
Featured Features: Grid Focus   |  Design View   |   Big Formula Bar    Workbook & Sheet Manager   |  Resource Library (Auto Text)   |  Date Picker   |  Combine Worksheets   |  Encrypt/Decrypt Cells    Send Emails by List   |  Super Filter   |   Special Filter (filter bold/italic/strikethrough...) ...
Top 15 Toolsets12 Text Tools (Add Text, Remove Characters, ...)   |   50+ Chart Types (Gantt Chart, ...)   |   40+ Practical Formulas (Calculate age based on birthday, ...)   |   19 Insertion Tools (Insert QR Code, Insert Picture from Path, ...)   |   12 Conversion Tools (Numbers to Words, Currency Conversion, ...)   |   7 Merge & Split Tools (Advanced Combine Rows, Split Cells, ...)   |   ... and more

Supercharge Your Excel Skills with Kutools for Excel, and Experience Efficiency Like Never Before. Kutools for Excel Offers Over 300 Advanced Features to Boost Productivity and Save Time.  Click Here to Get The Feature You Need The Most...

Description


Office Tab Brings Tabbed interface to Office, and Make Your Work Much Easier

  • Enable tabbed editing and reading in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, Access, Visio and Project.
  • Open and create multiple documents in new tabs of the same window, rather than in new windows.
  • Increases your productivity by 50%, and reduces hundreds of mouse clicks for you every day!
Comments (0)
No ratings yet. Be the first to rate!
There are no comments posted here yet
Please leave your comments in English
Posting as Guest
×
Rate this post:
0   Characters
Suggested Locations