Скачать или смотреть Using the IF Function on Text in Google Sheets

Tired of trying IF functions on text in Google Sheets?
In this quick tutorial, I reveal how to use the IF function with text values (not numbers) to count entries like “female” in a database — perfect for small farm records, customer lists, and more!

Whether you’re managing farm customer spreadsheets in Australia 🇦🇺, the US, or the UK, this trick helps you get clean counts effortlessly.

What You’ll Learn:

How to structure =IF(A2="F",1,0) to test text cells

Wrapping with SUM to count all matches

Drag‑and‑fill techniques to automate across hundreds of rows

Tips to avoid typical formula snags

🔗 More helpful tutorials:

How to use IFS for multiple text conditions — link to relevant video

Counting categories using COUNTIF — link

Advanced farm‑data spreadsheet workflows — link

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00:00 Introduction – why this matters
00:09 IF function limit: text vs. numbers
00:46 Writing the IF-text formula
01:37 Assigning 1 for “female”, 0 otherwise
02:09 Drag-fill to apply formula across rows
02:28 Summing total female count
02:58 Summary and next episode