#UNPARSEABLE using COUNTIF for text objects
I have a Form which allows the recipient to answer a question via a drop down list:
Example: Where would you like to go for vacation?
List includes: U.S., Europe, Asia, Australia
It's a pick many list so users can select any number of answers. The resulting cell then may contain something like: U.S. Europe Asia
I would like to create a COUNTIF for each of the possible contents so the end result looks like:
[RESULTS] [COUNT]
U.S. 7
Europe 16
Asia 24
Australia 8
My formula looks like this:
=COUNTIF([Destination], CONTAINS(U.S.)
What am I missing here?
Best Answer
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Try:
=COUNTIF([Destination]:[destination], HAS(@cell, "U.S."))
HAS looks for an exact match in multiselect cells.
https://help.smartsheet.com/function/has
Mark
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Answers
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Try:
=COUNTIF([Destination]:[destination], CONTAINS("U.S.",@cell))
Mark
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That did solve the problem but now I have another issue: The list is a little longer than what I used for the example and now I'm having data quality issues. For example, with "U.S." and "U.S. Virgin Islands" in the pick list, the provided formula is counting both options seemingly because they both contain "U.S.". Do you know how I can make it count only exactly what's in the quotes?
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Try:
=COUNTIF([Destination]:[destination], HAS(@cell, "U.S."))
HAS looks for an exact match in multiselect cells.
https://help.smartsheet.com/function/has
Mark
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Well done, @Mark Cronk! You are a SmartSheet wizard
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Glad you found a solution. Thank you for contributing to the Community.
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