Fwd: [libreoffice-users] Need a count formula for calc

Aaaaah!!!! Did it again…!
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From: Johnny Rosenberg <gurus.knugum@gmail.com>
Date: 2015-11-07 18:42 GMT+01:00
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Need a count formula for calc
To: Robert Peirce <bob@peirce-family.com>


Aaaahhh, I didn't write to this list for quite a while, so I forgot that my
reply goes to the original poster rather than to the list if I don't do
anything about it… sorry for that.

Here's what I replied:

2015-11-07 18:19 GMT+01:00 Johnny Rosenberg <gurus.knugum@gmail.com>:

> 2015-11-07 17:44 GMT+01:00 Robert Peirce <bob@peirce-family.com>:
>
> > I have two columns of data, A and B.  Sometimes A.n>B.n, A.n<B.n or
> > A.n=B.n.  I want to count these occurrences.  The closest I could find in
> > help was countif(), but that doesn't really do what I need.  Any ideas?
>
> Yes, a few ideas. I think the best one is using array formulas.
> If n is known, this will do the trick (assuming n=1000 in this case):
> {=SUM(IF(A1:A1000>B1:B1000;1;0))}
> {=SUM(IF(A1:A1000=B1:B1000;1;0))}
> {=SUM(IF(A1:A1000<B1:B1000;1;0))}
>
> To enter an array formula, enter the formula as usual but instead of
> hitting Enter when done, hit Ctrl+Shift+Enter.
> The {} thing is added automatically, you should not enter them manually.
>
> The downside with my example here is when there are empty cells in
> A1:B1000. That means that if n is not known, you can't just select a high
> number, such as A1:A1000000, because all empty rows will be considered A=B…
>
> I've only been playing with this for a couple of minutes yet so I am not
> sure how to solve that, but I'm pretty sure it's possible.
>
> I'll write back if I find a solution to that before anyone else does, but
> I'm not sure how much time I will spend on this…
>
>
> Johnny Rosenberg
>
>
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