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Last answer on Sep 17, 2009 10:46:29 am BST love2garv, on Sep 17, 2009 8:03:08 am BST 
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Hello,
I have a problem and is that I want to count a text string from a range of cells, if the criteria is found correct, for example,

jamshedpur book
ranchi book
dhanbad book
dhanbad copy
dhanbad copy
ranchi copy
jamshedpur copy
jamshedpur copy

Now i want to count & display the number of copy is available for jamshedpur with using any function.

Plz help.
Thanks in Advance...

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 venkat1926, on Sep 17, 2009 10:46:29 am BST
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I presume that the city names ae in column A from A1 down and the ifnormation"copy" or otehr wise is in column B from B1 diwb

use this formula

=SUMPRODUCT((A1:A8="jamshedpur")*(B1:B8="copy"))

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