Countif function

[tforbes]

I want to create a function that works like "Countif" in Excel. For example, to count only the text value "7" in a series of cells in Excel I use:

=COUNTIF(A2:Z2,7)

which ignores any other text value and counts the occurrences of the value "7". In FMP how do I get the same result?

[comment]

Filemaker doesn't have a built-in CountIf function. You could write a custom function using the Advanced version, but Filemaker's "native" way to deal with aggregating data is to use relationships or produce a sub-summarized report.

[bruceR]

I want to create a function that works like "Countif" in Excel. For example, to count only the text value "7" in a series of cells in Excel I use:

=COUNTIF(A2:Z2,7)

which ignores any other text value and counts the occurrences of the value "7". In FMP how do I get the same result?

ValueCount( FilterValues( List( relation::Field); "7"))

[tforbes]

Thank you!

[tforbes]

I have now used it several times. Awesome!

Here is the syntax where is the field:

ValueCount(FilterValues((Grade);"7"))

[David Jondreau]

ValueCount( FilterValues( List( relation::Field); "7"))

That's pretty nifty!

[comment]

It is an elegant solution for the given example - but it's not a true CountIf(). It only works when the test is for equality (CountSimilar?).

[Coriolan_66]

ValueCount( FilterValues( List( relation::Field); "7")) works great for static values (eg. words and strings).

I want to count values greather than "7". I tried something like this

ValueCount( FilterValues( List( relation::Field); "relation::Field > 7")) However, it returns me "0"

[comment]

I believe this was already answered in the previous posts in this thread.

[bmftn]

Thank you ALL contributors to this feed! This problem has quite simply been doing my head in for a few hours. 

I used the following:

ValueCount( FilterValues( List( RELATED TABLE I WANTED TO SEARCH::THE FIELD I WANTED TO COUNT THE NUMBER OF REPETITIONS ); THE MATCHED FIELD))

Example below:

ValueCount( FilterValues( List( Car Inventory::Car Type); "Landrover"))

Result:

The number of records that match the car type 'Landrover' within the table inventory

Edited July 24, 2018 by bmftn