Documentation/How Tos/Calc: DCOUNT function

DCOUNT

Counts the cells containing numbers in a column of a Calc 'database' table, in rows which meet specified criteria.

Syntax:

DCOUNT(database_table; field; criteria_table)

where

database_table is a range defining the data to be processed.

field is the column to count. It may be a column number (1 is the first column of the database table, 2 is the second ...), or a column header (enclosed in quotation marks ””), or a cell referring to a column header, or 0 to include all columns.

criteria_table is a range containing criteria, to select which rows of the database_table to count.

The Database functions overview fully describes the use of these parameters.

Example:

In this spreadsheet:

	A	B	C	D	E
1	Name	Grade	Age	Distance to School	Weight
2	Andy	3	9	150	40
3	Betty	4	10	1000
4	Charles	3	10	300
5	Daniel	5	11	1200	48
6	Eva	2	8	650	33
7	Frank	2	7	300
8	Greta	1	7	200	36
9	Harry	3	9	1200	44
10	Irene	2	8	1000	42
11
12
13	Name	Grade	Age	Distance to School	Weight
14		2

DCOUNT(A1:E10; 0; A13:E14)

returns the number of children who are in the second grade (3).

DCOUNT(A1:E10; 5; A13:E14)

returns the number of children in the second grade whose weight has been measured (2). Frank is not included, because his weight is blank (not a number).

DCOUNT(A1:E10; E1; A13:E14)

also returns the number of children in the second grade whose weight has been measured (2).

See also:

Database functions overview

DCOUNTA, DSUM, DPRODUCT, DMAX, DMIN, DAVERAGE, DSTDEV, DSTDEVP, DVAR, DVARP, DGET

COUNT, COUNTIF, COUNTBLANK

Database functions

Conditional Counting and Summation

Issues:

The exact use of 0 as the field parameter is unclear, both in operation and in compatibility (issue 84168)