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hi experts, can you help me with a formula for the following;

                  ESTIM
    AB          y
    AC          n
    SC          y
    JM          n
   total       x 2

to count/sum 1 for each cell value with a "y", and to display total as x 2, so the formula needs to be in the "x 2" cell
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Assuming the 4 cells to count are in cell B2:B5, you can use this formula...

=COUNTIF(B2:B5, "y")
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hi expert, I know you have already answered this question but this formula no longer works now that I have added letters to the numeric value, ie
10 (s4)
20 (s1)
40 (d2)
the result here should still = 3 because there are 3 values in this column, but with your formula above it no longer works? is it because of the value in brackets? the bracket value is in the same cell as the numeric value.
You'll need to post an example workbook so I can see what's going on.
As mentioned in your previous question, there are numerous COUNT functions. To count cells that include text you have to use COUNTA which counts cells that are not empty, assuming range suggested by Wayne:

=COUNTA(B2:B5)

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Rob
@Frank

You went from "count the 'y' instances" to something completely different.  Please post a comment that describes your problem completely.
I think the comment above (42388092) was meant for previous question (if statement) as that was referring to counting numeric data (dates to be more precise).
hi experts, sorry for the confusion, what i wanted was to count the cell range values other than "y" so for each value other than "y" the sum is to add 1.
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hi wayne if i wanted to count everything other than "y" and say "z" would the formula be =COUNTIF(B2:B5, "<>y,z")
As per previous question, use COUNTIFS for multiple criteria.

=COUNTIFS (B2:B5,"<>Y",B2:B5,"<>z")