Try this:

=SUMPRODUCT(--(LEFT(A1:A15)="1"))

Biff

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Hello

How can I (and can I) .. lookup a range of cell containing different
numbers, and extract number of cell begining with first number ...

example:

11120000
11000000
10000000
11300000
21000000
22000000
23000000
21200000
22200000
51000000
41000000
30000000
31000000
32100000
33300000

So i would like the function to scroll through all this value and then
tell me number of cell beggining with number "1" ... Result: 4


Thnx