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# **COUNTIF with a text condition**

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Step 1 of 3

**COUNTIF** counts the cells in a range that meet a condition. It takes two things: the range to look in, and what to look for.

Click **Continue** when you're ready.

Already know it? Type the formula straight into D2.

D2fx

|  | A | B | C | D | E | F |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Order | City |  | From Copenhagen |  | |
| 2 | 1001 | Aarhus |  |  |  | |
| 3 | 1002 | Copenhagen |  |  |  | |
| 4 | 1003 | Odense |  |  |  | |
| 5 | 1004 | Copenhagen |  |  |  | |
| 6 | 1005 | Aalborg |  |  |  | |
| 7 | 1006 | Aarhus |  |  |  | |
| 8 | 1007 | Copenhagen |  |  |  | |
| 9 |  |  |  |  |  | |

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