Thanks Frank,

The only thing is, I want to make sure that people who replied with
something like "america online (aol)" don't get counted twice. That's the
reason behind this question. Will your sum statement do that? Can I just
use the Countif statement inside the sum?

Thanks,
Liz


"Frank Kabel" wrote in message
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Hi
one way: just add the COUNTIF statements.
Another way:
=SUM(COUNTIF(A1:A100,{"*aol*","*America Online*","*america on-lin*"}))


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Regards
Frank Kabel
Frankfurt, Germany


Liz G wrote:
Hi,

One more question. I have a countif formula (see post: variation on
countif) that reads Countif(A1:A100, "*value*"). The situation users
were asked to list their past isp's and could list more than one in a
cell. So, is there a way to say "Count this cell if the cell
includes 'aol', 'america online', OR 'america on-line'"?

Thanks for your help!

Liz