Try dropping the ".value" from your countif example.

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Tim Williams
Palo Alto, CA


"peter" wrote in message ...
Hi,
I'm trying to test to see if a string exists in a range.
foundmatch = Application.WorksheetFunction.Match("wjv",
Range("staff").Value, 0)
works if range staff is a single column or row, if the range is a matrix it
returns 0
I tried useing
foundcount =
Application.WorksheetFunction.CountIf(Range("group _code").Value, "WVJ")
where group_code is more than a single row or column, it also returns 0.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

peter