Combining COUNTIF AND IF ?

I'm trying to return a value that represents a number from 0-7.
The numbers represent a step number that has been completed based on how many status cells say "Complete".
So if the first step is "Complete", I need a 0 returned. If the first two steps are complete, then I need a 1 returned etc. (I have to use 0 as the first step unfortunately).
My formula works unless no steps are complete in which case it returns a -1. I'd like for the formula to return something like "NS" ("Not started") of no steps are complete.
=SUM(COUNTIF(Status2, "Complete"), COUNTIF(Status6, "Complete"), COUNTIF(Status14, "Complete"), COUNTIF(Status20, "Complete"), COUNTIF(Status22, "Complete"), COUNTIF(Status27, "Complete"), COUNTIF(Status31, "Complete") - 1)
I'm thinking I could incorporate an IF statement somewhere that returns "NS" of no steps are completed.
Best Answer
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Try this:
=IF( SUM(COUNTIF(Status2, "Complete"), COUNTIF(Status6, "Complete"), COUNTIF(Status14, "Complete"), COUNTIF(Status20, "Complete"), COUNTIF(Status22, "Complete"), COUNTIF(Status27, "Complete"), COUNTIF(Status31, "Complete") - 1) < 0, "Not Started", SUM(COUNTIF(Status2, "Complete"), COUNTIF(Status6, "Complete"), COUNTIF(Status14, "Complete"), COUNTIF(Status20, "Complete"), COUNTIF(Status22, "Complete"), COUNTIF(Status27, "Complete"), COUNTIF(Status31, "Complete") - 1) )
Answers
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Try this:
=IF( SUM(COUNTIF(Status2, "Complete"), COUNTIF(Status6, "Complete"), COUNTIF(Status14, "Complete"), COUNTIF(Status20, "Complete"), COUNTIF(Status22, "Complete"), COUNTIF(Status27, "Complete"), COUNTIF(Status31, "Complete") - 1) < 0, "Not Started", SUM(COUNTIF(Status2, "Complete"), COUNTIF(Status6, "Complete"), COUNTIF(Status14, "Complete"), COUNTIF(Status20, "Complete"), COUNTIF(Status22, "Complete"), COUNTIF(Status27, "Complete"), COUNTIF(Status31, "Complete") - 1) )
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Thank you that worked!
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