LibreOffice Calc count the number of distinct occurrences
What formula in LibreOffice Calc will count the number of distinct Week_Number occurrences? The answer should be 2.
Answer
This question has been asked many times before. One way is to enter the following formula in B6 and then press Ctrl+Shift+Enter:
=SUM(1/COUNTIF(B2:B5,B2:B5))
Other solutions are described at:
- https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=47223
- https://superuser.com/questions/238656/openoffice-get-distinct-values-from-column
- https://askubuntu.com/questions/114732/different-values-in-one-column
I prefer using a database such as LibreOffice Base instead, with a simple query:
SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT Week_Number) FROM Weeks_Table;