Hi Saravanan, Two things:- 1) You can give only one criteria in COUNTIF. (For Excel 2003 and lower version) 2) If you want to increase the calculation range, you can use OFFSET function in Define-> Name option.
For multiple criterias, you can use SUMPRODUCT or ARRAY functionality to work more than one criteria. If you want a range of value to act as criteria, you can use Database function like DCOUNT, DCOUNTA, DSUM etc, as per your need. Let me know if this solves your query, else come up with your queries. Best Regards, -- DILIP KUMAR PANDEY MBA-HR,B COM(Hons.),BCA Mobile: +91 9810929744 dilipan...@gmail.com dilipan...@yahoo.com New Delhi - 110062 On 11/14/09, TNS <saravanan....@gmail.com> wrote: > > I am trying to use COUNTIF for calculating the row count for the below > condition. > > COUNTIF("A1:A30","<>"&"")-(COUNTIF("A1:A30","="&"Break")+COUNTIF > ("A1:A30","="&"Lunch") > > here in this formula i wanted to get the range of values from the > excel sheet look up column so that i dont need to change the formula > each time when i wanted to add one new text after '-' sign in the > above formula. > > This is my question - COUNTIF("A1:A30",<Can i use the range of values > here in this criteria?>) > > -- > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Some important links for excel users: > 1. Excel and VBA Tutorials(Video and Text), Free add-ins downloads at > http://www.excelitems.com > 2. Excel tutorials at http://www.excel-macros.blogspot.com > 3. Learn VBA Macros at http://www.vbamacros.blogspot.com > 4. Excel Tips and Tricks at http://exceldailytip.blogspot.com > > > To post to this group, send email to excel-macros@googlegroups.com > If you find any spam message in the group, please send an email to: > Ayush Jain @ jainayus...@gmail.com or > Ashish Jain @ 26may.1...@gmail.com > <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> > HELP US GROW !! > > We reach over 6,500 subscribers worldwide and receive many nice notes about > the learning and support from the group. Our goal is to have 10,000 > subscribers by the end of 2009. Let friends and co-workers know they can > subscribe to group at > http://groups.google.com/group/excel-macros/subscribe -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Some important links for excel users: 1. Excel and VBA Tutorials(Video and Text), Free add-ins downloads at http://www.excelitems.com 2. Excel tutorials at http://www.excel-macros.blogspot.com 3. Learn VBA Macros at http://www.vbamacros.blogspot.com 4. Excel Tips and Tricks at http://exceldailytip.blogspot.com To post to this group, send email to excel-macros@googlegroups.com If you find any spam message in the group, please send an email to: Ayush Jain @ jainayus...@gmail.com or Ashish Jain @ 26may.1...@gmail.com <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> HELP US GROW !! We reach over 6,500 subscribers worldwide and receive many nice notes about the learning and support from the group. Our goal is to have 10,000 subscribers by the end of 2009. Let friends and co-workers know they can subscribe to group at http://groups.google.com/group/excel-macros/subscribe