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Asked: 2026-05-11T04:13:09+00:00

I have two columns in Excel, like this: A B 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.59

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I have two columns in Excel, like this:

 A   B 0.5  0.4 0.6  0.59 0.1  0.2 0.3  0.29

I want to count how many of the values in B are less than their corresponding values in A. In this case, the answer is 3.

I can do this by adding an extra column, B-A and then doing COUNTIF(RANGE, '<0'), but I am wondering if there’s a way to do it without adding an extra column.

I realize this is on the fringes of what one might consider programming, but hopefully it’s just on the right side of the line, rather than the wrong side.

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  1. This can be done using Excel array formulas. Try doing something like this:

    =SUM(IF(A1:A5 > B1:B5, 1, 0))

    The very very important part, is to press CTRL-SHIFT-ENTER instead of just ENTER when you finished inputting the formula. Otherwise it won’t understand you want to treat the data as an array.

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