Count number of cells in a range that match the content of a different cell

Question

I am trying to use COUNTIF in Excel to find how many items in a range match the contents of a separate cell. The idea is, the range contains everyone\'s answers

Answer 1

• If you are using Excel 2010, you are even luckier with COUNTIFS

• By all means you may use the search range and matching range within countif

  e.g. =COUNTIF(SEARCH RANGE, CRITERIA RANGE)