[S Davis]

Hello,

Im trying to find the number of times certain variations of text are
within a list. For instance, I need to count the number of Mechanics,
with job titles Mechanic, Mechanic 1st6, Trainee Mechanic, Mechanic
Lead, Mech. Eng., Me Appr 1st6, etc. Best I can come up with is this:

{=SUM((ISNUMBER(FIND("Me",RBCJobTitle06)))*1)}

This should, theoretically grab all of the positions with "Me" in them
and count them, and works when I apply it to a list of data. However,
when I use it for the list above ('RBCJobTitle06' <-- named range) it
returns values that are not there. For instance, that range is 150
cells long, and only contains 5 cells with actual data in them, being:

1) Mechanic
2) Trolley O-head Lineperson
3) Mechanic
4) Mechanic
5) Mechanic

Cells 1 - 150 contain the formula:

=IF(ISERROR(IF(A5<='Ret Best & Worst'!$B$28,(OFFSET('Supply
Data'!$D$2,(MATCH(A5,RBCBestRank2006,0)),0)),"")), "DUPLICATE
VALUE",(IF(A5<='Ret Best & Worst'!$B$28,(OFFSET('Supply
Data'!$D$2,(MATCH(A5,RBCBestRank2006,0)),0)),"")))

.... which is used to return job titles below a certain rank. (I only
provide the above just in case the formula is messing things up, but I
doubt it.)

Now, the problem then is that by using the formula I first spoke of to
count the positions with "Me" in them, I get a result of 4. Puzzled, I
tried it with other searches for job titles, again using the same list
of data containing only those job titles. Here are the results

When searching for............ formula returns....

Me................................................ ..4
El................................................ ....0
Ma................................................ ..1
Pai............................................... ...0
Bo................................................ ...3
Par............................................... ...0
We................................................ ..1
Tro............................................... ...2
Tri............................................... .....0
Ti................................................ .....2

So there is obviously something going on here that doesnt make sence.
First, there are no combinations of Ti or Bo within the data to be
found. Second, of those that are present (Me) & (Tro), the count is
incorrect.

Lastly, as a final test, even when I delete all data from the entire
range, I receive the same results. This is making me crazy

Is there any help?