hi mike

I also use a macro if I want to do this but maybe one of the formula guys will jump in with
a good solution



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"Mike H" wrote in message ...
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"Rick Rothstein" wrote:

I don't think so. This line from Mike's posting...

If UCase(Trim(c.Value)) = "BOO" Then

tests the entire cell's (upper-cased) content for being equal to the search
word ("BOO")... your asterisks allow the search word to be part of a larger
piece of text and still produce a match to be counted.

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"Ron de Bruin" wrote in message
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To duplicate Mike's macro use

Count = Application.WorksheetFunction.CountIf(Range("A1:D2 00"), "*Boo*")


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"Rick Rothstein" wrote in message
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But if you have a particular reson for wanting a macro then use this

Sub marine()
Dim Myrange As Range
Set Myrange = Range("A1:D200")
For Each c In Myrange
If UCase(Trim(c.Value)) = "BOO" Then
Count = Count + 1
End If
Next
MsgBox Count
End Sub

Or...

Sub marine() ' <g
Dim Count As Long
Count = Application.WorksheetFunction.CountIf(Range("A1:D2 00"), "Boo")
MsgBox Count
End Sub

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