counting cells

[excelhelp12]

Lets say column A has 10 values in A1:A10; 2 through 5.
Column B has 100 values in B1:B100; 1 through 100.

How do I count the cells in column B that are not in column A?
The answer would be 96.

what would the formula be ?? ? ?

 

[Scott Huish]

How is this not what you want?

Excel Workbook
	A	B	C	D	E
1	2	1			96
2	2	2			96
3	2	3
4	2	4
5	2	5
6	2	6
7	3	7
8	4	8
9	5	9
10	5	10
11		11
12		12
13		13
14		14
15		15
16		16
17		17
Sheet1

 

[excelhelp12]

yup I tried them. i actuall adjusted the ranges in the formulas given to the cells I want to work with; instead of the coumn A values I selected B5:B8, instead of B1:B100 I selected E6:E15.

 

[Scott Huish]

I think you may have edited the wrong ranges:

Excel Workbook
	B	C	D	E	F	G
5	4
6	11			1		8
7	12			2
8	6			3
9				4
10				5
11				6
12				7
13				8
14				9
15				10
Sheet1

 

[excelhelp12]

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BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid" class=xl67>quiz 4</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid" class=xl68 x:num x:fmla="=(7.5/10)*100">75.00</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid" class=xl65 height=17> </TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid" class=xl65> </TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid" class=xl67>quiz 5</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; 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BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid" class=xl67>quiz 9</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid" class=xl68 x:num x:fmla="=(8.5/10)*100">85.00</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height=17><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid" class=xl65 height=17> </TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid" class=xl65> </TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid" class=xl67>quiz 10</TD><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 0.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-TOP: windowtext; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 0.5pt solid" class=xl66 x:num>50.00</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

these are my values in. It should say 7 in the red box because there is a 0, 40, and 50 in coumn E (the column with the red). Maybe I asked my question the wrong way.

 

[excelhelp12]

your formula is really good but i think it excludes every value in coulmn E that matches whats in column B. It's not working for me because in coulmn E, I have two 50's but in coulmn B, I only have one 50. Your formula however, excludes both 50's from coulmn E but I don't want that.

 

[taigovinda]

This thread might be continued here: http://www.mrexcel.com/forum/showthread.php?t=433777

 

[Scott Huish]

Will the numbers that are in Column A always be in Column B?