Domenic Wrote:
=SUMPRODUCT(--(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("-",MID(A1,ROW(INDIRECT("1:"&LEN(A1))),1)))))

Hope this helps!

Or the much simpler...

=LEN(A1)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A1,"-",""))


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