I conducted a survey in which some questions allowed more than one response.
Using Excel - I'm trying to count the number of times a certain value appears in a column even if there are multiple values in the same cell.
For example: A respondant may have selected answer a, b, d for question 5 (all 3 of these would be in the same cell), while another respondant may have selected answer a, c, d for the same question. For that entire column, I want to know how many times respondants selected "a" regardless of any other selections made.
COUNTIF only counts this response in that column if "a" was the only option selected.
Suppose your data is in Column A then paste this formula anywhere or in A12 and Press Ctr+Shift+Enter as this is any Array formula ....... After pressing Ctr+Shift+Enter to enter the formula you will see {} will occur around the formula ={SUM(IF(ISERROR(SEARCH("*a*",A1:A10,1)),0,1))} ... never try to enter {} manually ....
Array Formula : After entering the formula Press Ctrl+Shift+Enter
The array formula works, but it takes too much computer power to calculate and will make the workbook larger in size. Use the COUNTIF formula with the conjunction of the wild card ("*").
IF CELL B1, contains the following values: a, b, c, d, e, f, g
and cell B2, contains the following values: a, b, c, d, e, f, g
You want to know how many times the value "a" shows up in column B across all the cells. The formula to use would be:
=COUNTIF($B:$B,"*"&"a"&"*")
the formula should return quantity of 2, since a is showes up in cell B1 and B2.
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