By: Alex

1. You could simplify the last formula, by removing the whole part about =ROWS(), using:
IF(COUNTIF($B$5:$B$10,$B$5:$B$10) =2,1,0).
All it took was to use “=2” instead of “=1”.
(Note. if your purpose was to explain the use of ROWS, then great).

2. What I am looking for is total COUNT of whole (or part) row duplicates.
eg. Liz and Apple, Joe and Apple, Joe and Orange (total of how many such rows are repeated) BUT – WITHOUT creating any new columns, which would be too easy. In your table above, the answer would be “1” because ONLY Liz and Apple is repeated. I assume this would require COUNTIFS, possibly an array. But can’t get it to work. Please let me know if you have anything on this. (Note. I often share links to your site, when I help friends in different countries with Excel)