That is because ISNUMBER and FIND are also worksheet functions, as is
SUMPRODUCT, so you would need Application.ISNUMBER and Application.FIND.

Bt even then, SP won't resolve using that technique. I always use Evaluate
in VBA

j = ActiveSheet.Evaluate("=SumProduct(--(B1:B3000=" & CLng(nStuff) &
"),--(IsNumber(Find(""cxl"",H1:H3000))))")

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Bob Phillips

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"Michael A" wrote in message
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Hi Bob,

Thank you for the response. Do you think that I could do this with VB
script? the value "nstuff" is from a userinput box asking for the date.


j = Application.SumProduct(--(.Columns(2) =
nStuff), --(IsNumber(Find("cxl",
.Columns(8)))))

It dosn't seem to know what "FIND" is. Any suggestions?

"Bob Phillips" wrote:



=SUMPRODUCT(--(B1:B3000=DATE(2006,1,6)),--(ISNUMBER(FIND("cxl",H1:H3000))))

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Bob Phillips

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"Michael A" wrote in message
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Hello all. I cant seem to get this formula to work right when I use a
wild
card. I need to count how many entries in column H: have "CXL" in the
text.

here is what I have

=SUMPRODUCT((B1:B3000=DATE(2006,1,6))*(H1:H3000="c xl")*1)

if I try =SUMPRODUCT((B1:B3000=DATE(2006,1,6))*(H1:H3000="* cxl*")*1)
then
it
wont work.. could anyone please help?

Thanks!