assumes gen is at the end??
helper column
=IF(AND(E2<"",RIGHT(E2,3)<"gen"),1,0)

without helper column
=SUMPRODUCT((LEN(E2:E22)2)*(RIGHT(E2:E22,3)<"gen "))

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Don Guillett
SalesAid Software

"KellyB" wrote in message
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I have a table where each cell contains a string of various alphanumeric
codes. For example:
KB / S596-19
RM / S243-59
VB / I1997-1
KB / GEN
SV / GEN

I want to write a formula to count 1 if the cell is populated (not all
cells
are), but count 0 if the cell contains 'GEN'.
I've tried this:
=IF(AND(B4<"",B4<"*GEN*"),1,0)

But the "*GEN*" portion of this formula does not work.

Any suggestions?

KellyB