with both in sheet 2

=COUNTIF('Sheet 2'!E:E,'Sheet 2'!A1)

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"asg2307" wrote in message
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How do you use the text data in A1 "REDDOG1" in another cell
"=COUNTIF(Sheet
2'!E:E, "=REDDOG1")" I have to edit several hundreds of line for
=COUNTIF
when copying and pasting.