The DCOUNT function with example in Excel

The DCOUNT function in Excel is used to count the number of cells in a database that meet specific criteria. A database in Excel is typically a range of cells that is organized as a table with column headings.

The syntax for the DCOUNT function is:

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DCOUNT(database, field, criteria)

Where:

• database: The range that makes up the database.
• field: The column that contains the values you want to count. This can be either the column number (1 for the first column, 2 for the second, and so on) or the column heading enclosed in quotation marks.
• criteria: A range that contains the conditions you want to apply. Each column in the criteria range must have a label in the first row and a condition below it.

Here's an example:

Suppose you have a database of employee information with columns for Name, Department, and Salary. You want to count the number of employees in the Sales department.

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|   A     |      B      |   C    |
|---------|-------------|--------|
|  Name   |  Department | Salary |
|---------|-------------|--------|
|  John   |    Sales    |  5000  |
|  Emily  |  Marketing  |  6000  |
|  Alex   |    Sales    |  5500  |
|  Sarah  |    HR       |  4800  |

To count the number of employees in the Sales department:

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=DCOUNT(A1:C5, "Department", A8:B9)

Here, A1:C5 is the range of the database, "Department" is the column heading, and A8:B9 is the criteria range where A8 contains the label "Department" and B8 contains the condition "Sales".

This formula will count the number of cells in the "Department" column of the database that meet the criteria specified in the criteria range.