Ashley,
I'm confused. if there is always four rows of information for each name, and
there is always a date in B next to each name, can't you count the number of
rows in A and divide by 4?

Don

"Ashley" wrote in message
...
i asked this question yesterday but the lovley suggestions did not work
because i did not give all the information i needed to. Oops! here's
what
my data looks like:
A B
1 tim smith 27-Jun
2 11 vine st resch.
3 tall, mi 41151 29-Jun
4 000-000-0000
5 lee long 8-Aug
6 box 5
7 large, oh 11175 order
8 111-111-1111

i need to count the dates!! in the cells next to the names, every 4th
cell.
the dates need counted as 1 conntact per date. only counting the dates
next
to the names not any other dates that may appear (ie rescheduled date)
So i
need to count dates b1, b5, b9... on a very large list of clients Thanks
for your time and help!!!

Ash