All you really need is an extremely simple function countif a=1 (whether
numeric or text and b=2 (again numeric or text) etc, etc, etc. Why do Excel
formulas and functions have to be so complicated. I programmed in Basic for
many years and still have difficulty figuring out how to enter Excel formulas.
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edg


"LouP" wrote:

Well I hate to add to this mess, but just reading these responses is
definately an argument for the original post. This should not be this
difficult or complicated. Most users of excell are not programers nor have
the time to fiddle with long formulas to get an answer that should be easy to
get.

"Aladin Akyurek" wrote:

WayneL wrote:
In order to count the number of unique entries in a range of cells, a very
complicated nested set of functions (SUM, IF, FREQUENCY, MATCH, LEN, etc.) is
required in Excel.

I suggest adding a COUNTU worksheet function that would automatically count
the number of unique data entries. It should have options for counting
numbers, numbers + text, excluding blank cells, etc.

Thanks,
Wayne

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A good candidate is Longre's (updated) COUNTDIFF from his morefunc add-in.