Easy head scratcher...countif one column if another column does NOT contain a certain word

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Column
A B
Alex Complete
Alex Wip
Alex Complete
Jenny Wip
Jenny Wip
Jenny Complete
Alex Open


Looking for a cell to count number of "Alex's" in column if column B is NOT Complete. It this situation, it should return 2.

Thank you
 

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Aladin Akyurek

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Column
A B
Alex Complete
Alex Wip
Alex Complete
Jenny Wip
Jenny Wip
Jenny Complete
Alex Open


Looking for a cell to count number of "Alex's" in column if column B is NOT Complete. It this situation, it should return 2.

Thank you

One of...

=COUNTIFS($A$2:$A$8,"Alex",$B$2:$B$8,"<>Complete")

=SUMPRODUCT(--($A$2:$A$8="Alex"),1-($B$2:$B$8="Complete"))
 
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Marcelo Branco

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Excel 2007 or higher
=COUNTIFS(A:A,"Alex",B:B,"<>Complete")

Excel 2003
=SUMPRODUCT(--(A2:A100="Alex"),--(B2:B100<>"Complete"))

M.
 
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