Title: Count fields with same values
Last modified: December 21, 2019

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# Count fields with same values

 *  Resolved [Demode](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webdemodehr/)
 * (@webdemodehr)
 * [6 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/count-fields-with-same-values/)
 * Is it possible to count only fields with same value inside repeater filed?
 * Thanks a lot – great plugin!

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 *  Plugin Author [wundermatics](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wundermatics/)
 * (@wundermatics)
 * [6 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/count-fields-with-same-values/#post-12262067)
 * Hi,
 * That’s not possible today. The underlying math library in use doesn’t have a 
   good way to express conditional values which is a limiting factor right now. 
   But we’d be happy to extend it if it makes good sense.
 * We’re interested to understand what your use case is so that we know that we 
   aim for the right functionality. We have thought about implementing something
   similar to the Excel formula COUNTIF, is that what you are looking for?
 * Looking forward to hear more from you.
 *  Plugin Author [wundermatics](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wundermatics/)
 * (@wundermatics)
 * [6 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/count-fields-with-same-values/#post-12262765)
 * As of version 1.2.0, conditional operators are supported in the plugin. This 
   means that you can type formulas like “amount > 20”.
 * This also means that you can do a simple version of “COUNTIF”. Assuming you have
   a repeater field named “products” containing fields “price” and “quantity”. Using
   a conditional operator like “==” or “>=”, you can now create a calculated field
   like this:
 * sum(products.quantity >= 5)
 * The quantity > 5 part will return 1 for any row that has a value of 5 or greater
   and zero for all other rows. The sum function will summarize this so that the
   returned value will be a count of the number of rows where quantity > 5
 * Please let us know if this was what you were looking for.
 *  Thread Starter [Demode](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webdemodehr/)
 * (@webdemodehr)
 * [6 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/count-fields-with-same-values/#post-12263076)
 * Hi,
 * first of all, thanks a lot, you are very helpful – and really sorry to bother
   you with my dilemmas / challenges 🙂
 * Let me try to explain what exactly our task is, so maybe you have even better
   and simpler solution.
 * We are trying to build the score board – repeater field with following sub fields:
   –
   Rank – Category – Contestant
 * So every time when rank value is 1 – it means “gold medal”, if value is 2 it’s“
   silver”, and value 3 “bronze”. As every competition has multiple competitors 
   and ranks (scores), and the idea is to list, at the end of the scoreboard, exact
   count of gold, silver and bronze medals.
 * Example:
 * “Total competitors 145 // Total medal 12 (6 gold, 4 silver and 2 bronze)”
 * Challenge is that we trying to build entire web page trough Elementor with ACF
   based input, and even is great page builder and ACF is great form builder, it
   has some limitations. We would really try to avoid and alterations in “functions.
   php” file and and any short code placing inside Elementor. Hope that we can do
   everything with just plugins and basic tools.
 * “COUNTIF” sounds very interesting – maybe I will make it work with that new function–
   I will certainly try right away.
 * Once again, thanks a lot for your time, and if you have any better idea – I would
   be grateful.
 *  Thread Starter [Demode](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webdemodehr/)
 * (@webdemodehr)
 * [6 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/count-fields-with-same-values/#post-12263113)
 * Hi again,
 * I’ve tried it – and here are my results
 * sum(products.quantity >= 5) – works great! – even variation sum(products.quantity
   > 5) – seams to be working just fine
 * but
 * sum(products.quantity == 5) or sum(products.quantity = 5) – I can make it work
   🙁
 * As I see it now function == would be solution to all my problems – I think that’s
   exactly what I need – count the columns with desired number. Any thoughts what
   am I doing wrong and why doesn’t it work for me?
 * Thanks.
 *  Plugin Author [wundermatics](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wundermatics/)
 * (@wundermatics)
 * [6 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/count-fields-with-same-values/#post-12263916)
 * Hi again,
 * Many thanks for your detailed feedback, both on your use case and the results
   you had with version 1.2.1.
 * As you might suspect, a bug sneaked in and the == was internally interpreted 
   as a (malformed) assignment operator. We’ve fixed that now, added it into our
   unit tests and released version 1.2.2. Any feedback from you will be appreciated.
 * Leaving this issue open until we hear back.
 *  Plugin Author [wundermatics](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wundermatics/)
 * (@wundermatics)
 * [6 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/count-fields-with-same-values/#post-12273307)
 * Hi, didn’t hear back from you in a couple of days. The issue was solved in release
   1.2.2 and to the best of our knowledge the fix solves your problem. Let us know
   otherwise.
 *  Thread Starter [Demode](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webdemodehr/)
 * (@webdemodehr)
 * [6 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/count-fields-with-same-values/#post-12279913)
 * Sorry for not replying sooner, but this time “real life bug” sneaked up to me
   so I was in bed for a couple of days. However, I did try the update and – EVERYTHING
   works fine now, just as it should 🙂 Thank you, thank you! Once again – great
   plugin and great support!

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