I'm a liar, I just applied it the wrong way. How can an answer from Chip
Pearson possibly not work ?

Sorry


"Peter" schreef in bericht
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Thanks for the tip, Chip. Unfortunately I get the error Expected:
Expression
when I try this.

Peter


"Chip Pearson" schreef in bericht
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Peter,

Try something like

MyValue = Application.WorksheetFunction.CountIf( _
Worksheets("X").Range("B2:B2000"),"*212*")


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Cordially,
Chip Pearson
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
www.cpearson.com





"Peter" wrote in message
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Dear all,

What would be the correct syntaxis if wanted to use the outcome
of the
worksheetfunction countif in a range that goes from b2 to b2000
on a sheet
named "X" and the outcome should contain the number of cells
that contain
the value 212.

I think it would look a little like this

MyValue = Application.WorksheetFunction.CountIf( range ,
"*212*" ).

Simply recording a macro that places the countif-function
directly into a
cell with all arguments required for my goal does not work.

Thanks for your help

Peter