or if all cells are filled and j9 is the last cell with data
=COUNTIF(J1:J9,"<yes")

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Don Guillett
SalesAid Software

"JRD" wrote in message
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Is there a quick and easy way of counting the number of cells that don't
contain certain text strings

For example

Column A

Yes
No
Yes
Maybe
Maybe
No
Certainly
Definately
Yes

How could I count the number of cells that don't contain the word "yes" -
in
this case the answer would be 6

Many thanks