Countifs column A contains “String” & column B starts with “0”

Question

I need to create a countifs column A contains "String" & column B starts with "0:".

So far I have the following rows:

|    A    |  B   |
|  dada   |  0   |
|  String |  0   |
|  dada   |  1   |

So that would mean that the only row that would be counted is row 2 which would give us a count of 1 since in row A it contains "String" and in Column B it starts with "0:".

I have the following, but keep ending up with a value of 0 for my count:

=COUNTIFS(A:A,"*" & "String" & "*",B:B, "*" & "0:" & "*")

Any ideas?

Answer 1

To match your description

=COUNTIFS(A:A,"*string*",B:B,"0:*")

...but in your example you have just zero in column B, so that won't be counted because it doesn't start with "0:"

Answer 2

Try it with a sumproduct:

=SUMPRODUCT(ISNUMBER(FIND("400",A:A))*(LEFT(D:D,1)="0"))

Mind you, your formula doesn't match your dataset.