Note: thenamed rangesshown in this example are entirely optional.
They are a way to make the formula easier to enter, read, and copy.
Count between dates
The main function used to solve this problem isCOUNTIFS.
To explain how this works, we’ll look first at the total seen in cell H6.
The COUNTIFS function belongs to agroup of functionsthat use this syntax.
RIGHT returns 20, which is concatenated to the less than or equal to operator (<=).
With SUMPRODUCT
This problem can also be solved with theSUMPRODUCT function.
Adding zero is an easy way to convert a number represented as text into a true numeric value.
When the text is not found, FIND returns a #VALUE error.
For example, =LEFT(“apple”,3) returns “app”.
For example, =RIGHT(“apple”,3) returns “ple”.
SUMPRODUCT Function
The Excel SUMPRODUCT function multipliesrangesorarraystogether and returns the sum of products.
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