It would make Harlan happy, with less function calls!<bg
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RD

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"Roger Govier" wrote in message
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Much better, Rick!

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"RagDyeR" wrote in message
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Another way:

=COUNTIF(A1:A5,"AA*")
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RD
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"EK" wrote in message
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I have the following alphanumeric data in a cell:

AA1234
BA1234
AA4567
AA2345
AD1234
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3 <- formula?
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I would like to know the formula to count the number of times data
starting
with AA appear in a column. In this case, the result would be 3.

Thanks,
EK