Windows Error Fixer: Troubleshooting:COUNTIF partial match Error

Friday, September 23, 2016

Troubleshooting:COUNTIF partial match Error

COUNTIF partial match

I have the following formula
=COUNTIF('Bid Plan'!A11:A12,1.1)
which works perfectly when the numbers in the search cells start with 1.1 (I'm sure you're shocked by that :-|)

The point is I want to transfer it to a sheet where the '1.1' is now '1'.
To make it clear:

Original sheet:
1.1.1
1.1.2
1.1.3

New sheet:
1.1
1.2

I still want to count the number of rows in section 1, however the formula will not work by simply removing the '.1' so the question is how to I get it to look for a partial match i.e.
=COUNTIF('Bid Plan'!A11:A12,1.*) where the star represents any further digits beyond the decimal point.

Interestingly the original formular actually read:
=COUNTIF('Bid Plan'!IF:IF,1.1)
But I really don't understand how the 'IF:IF' reference is able to pick up the correct group of rows (which have been grouped).
There's no VBA code written behind the sheets from what I can see so that's a mystery.

I just need to get the count working though.

Anyone got any ideas?

Keys to the Problem COUNTIF partial match

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Whoop whoop! It does thank you.
That's a new function for me, do I gather it wasn't available in earlier versions of Excel?

Have you any idea about the IF:IF referencing?

I feel the original spreadsheet was put together by someone much more sophisticated than I but I would like to know how that works.

Manually editing the Windows registry to fix Error COUNTIF partial match

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Click the Start button.
Type "command" in the search box... DO NOT hit ENTER yet!
While holding CTRL-Shift on your keyboard, hit ENTER.
You will be prompted with a permission dialog box.
Click Yes.
A black box will open with a blinking cursor.
Type "regedit" and hit ENTER.
In the Registry Editor, select the Error 0x9C-related key (eg. Windows Operating System) you want to back up.
From the File menu, choose Export.
In the Save In list, select the folder where you want to save the Windows Operating System backup key.
In the File Name box, type a name for your backup file, such as "Windows Operating System Backup".
In the Export Range box, be sure that "Selected branch" is selected.
Click Save.
The file is then saved with a .reg file extension.
You now have a backup of your MACHINE_CHECK_EXCEPTION-related registry entry.