How to Count total matches in two ranges in Excel

In this article, we will learn about how to count total matches in Excel. SUMPRODUCT function gets the sum of all the product values.-- is used to interpret the results to the 0s and 1s Syntax:

=SUMPRODUCT(--(range1=range2))

Length of range1 = Length of range2 or otherwise it will give #NA error
Example:
Let’s understand this function using it in an example. 0026 Here we have 2 list of values and we need to check how many values are matched column wise. Use the formula:

=SUMPRODUCT(--(A1:A9=B1:B9))

Explanation: A1:A9=B1:B9 : The function checks corresponding value and returns TRUE or FALSE based on value is matched or not -- : This converts all TRUE to 1s and all FALSE to 0s. Then the sumproduct takes the sum of all values after conversion. 0028 As you can see the formula returns 3. That means there are 3 values matched. Now we wish to Count all the matches from range1 to range2. For this we will use a combination of SUMPRODUCT & COUNTIF function. COUNTIF function returns the count of values where conditions meet. Syntax:

=COUNTIF (range, criteria)

0029 Here we take the same table and count the matched values in both ranges. Now use the formula:

=SUMPRODUCT((COUNTIF(A1:A9,B2:B7)))

Length of range1 not necessary to be equal to Length of range2 Explanation: Range1 checks values equivalency with range 2 and gives a list of 1s and 0s. SUMPRODUCT function gets the sum of all. 0030 As you can see 6 values matched from the 2 ranges. Hope you understood how to and referring cell in Excel. Explore more articles on Excel cell reference function here. Please feel free to state your query or feedback for the above article.