Sivsy,

This will count cells starting with a lower case s

=SUMPRODUCT(--(ISNUMBER(FIND("s",LEFT(A1:A18,1)))))

If you want only s, then use

=SUMPRODUCT(--(ISNUMBER(FIND("s",LEFT(A1:A18,1)))),--(LEN(A1:A18)=1))

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HTH

RP
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"Sivsy" wrote in message
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Is there a way to distinguish between and count the occurance of lower and
upper case letters in an array ? eg If I have a series of columns
populated
with either uppercase "S" or loercase "s", can i use a formula to count
the
occurance of each type ?