How to define a non continuous range in COUNTIF

Question

   A    B   C

1  Β        Β
2  Β        Β
3  Α        Α
4  Α        Α
5  Β        Β
6  Α        Α
7  Α        B
8  Β        Β
9  Β        Β
10 Α        Α
11 Β               


        

Answer 1

You can also declare a named range of non-contiguous ranges, but you must use the INDIRECT function in declaring the range. Otherwise, it will fail just like a normal, non-contiguous range.

Declaring the range ("Range1") should have the "applies to" field read:

=INDIRECT({"A1:B2","C4:F17"})

Or use other named ranges:

=INDIRECT({"Table1[Column1]","Table2[Column3]","Table4[Column2]")

Then you can reference it like:

=COUNTIF(Range1,"=Yes")