If I understand your question, does this help:

=COUNTIF(B1:B100,$A$15)
?

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RD
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"DG" wrote in message
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I am trying to use the COUNTIF function to count the number of text
frequencies on a line that match a "text phrase". then i am try to copy
this
formula to 200 cells below. When i reference to a cell such as "+a15",
where
cell +15 is the text that i want ot match against, the result is a blank
cell. I understand that if the match is zero times a blank cell will be
the
result.

But if i copy the data is cell A15 to the function of COUNTIF I get the
correct result. Isn't there an easier to way to copy the function down
several rows.