TRUE and FALSE don't work within SUM()

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SoftTimur picture SoftTimur · Jan 7, 2013 · Viewed 29.6k times · Source

I have boolean values in a column:

   A
1  TRUE
2  FALSE
3  TRUE
4  TRUE

I realize that in Excel =TRUE+TRUE returns 2 and =TRUE+FALSE returns 1 which implies TRUE is equal to 1 and FALSE is equal to 0. However, SUM(A1:A4) always returns 0 no matter whether it is array formula style... I would expect it to be 3 (the number of TRUE in the range).

One way to get 3 is to use {=SUM(IF(A1:A4,1,0))} (array formula style), which I find redundant... Could anyone think of a simpler solution than that?

Answer

cowboydan picture cowboydan · Jan 7, 2013

I've had success with COUNTIFS over a range where he condition is TRUE

=COUNTIF(D2:D51,TRUE)

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