DCOUNT ( database , field , criteria )

Description: Counts the number of values in a column of a list or database that match the specified criteria. (See the DAVERAGE function §3.17.7.77.)

Arguments:

Name	Type	Description
database	reference	The range of cells that makes up the list or database.
field	text, number	The column to which criteria shall be applied.
criteria	reference	The range of cells that contains the specified conditions.

For a detailed description of each argument, see the DAVERAGE function §3.17.7.77.

Return Type and Value: number – The count of the values of the cells that correspond to the specified criteria.

[Example: Using the data in the example in the DAVERAGE function §3.17.7.77:

For all the apple trees having a height between 10 and 16, the number of Age fields that contain numbers is computed by DCOUNT(A4:E10,"Age",A1:F2), which results in 1.

end example]