Excel: Using DCOUNT to Count Occurrences of Text in a Database

Last reviewed: November 2, 1994
Article ID: Q26441

SUMMARY

In Microsoft Excel, the DCOUNT function normally counts the occurrence of numbers in a particular field of a database for all records that satisfy a set of criteria. It is also possible to count the occurrence of text in a field.

Text in a database field can be counted by omitting the "field" argument. For example, to count numbers in the field titled "Amount" according to a specific criteria, the DCOUNT function should appear as follows:

   =DCOUNT(Database,"Amount",Criteria)

However, to count records that match the criteria, even if the fields in those records do not contain numbers, the function should be written as follows:

   =DCOUNT(Database,,Criteria)

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Last reviewed: November 2, 1994
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