One way:

=SUMPRODUCT(--((ISNUMBER(SEARCH("Word",I1:I1000)) +
ISNUMBER(SEARCH("Word",J1:J1000)) + ISNUMBER(SEARCH("Word",K1:K1000)) +
ISNUMBER(SEARCH("Word",L1:L1000)))0))

If "Word" is case-sensitive, use FIND() instead of SEARCH()


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T.Mad wrote:

Hi all,
I have a large spreadsheet and I want to make it work faster. Initially, I
perform a check in some cells of the same row (eg I1 to L1) if they contain a
specific word. Additionally, I need count that word only once in every row.
Thus the function is like:
=IF(COUNTIF(I1:L1,"*Word*")1,1,COUNTIF(I1:L1,"*Wo rd*")). My problem is that
I need to add all the results of the functions (one from every row) and sum
them at the end, without using 80,000 separate cells. What I want to do could
is something like the next expression which is not permitted:
=SUM(IF(COUNTIF(I1:L1,"*Word*")1,1,COUNTIF(I1:L1, "*Word*")):
IF(COUNTIF(I10000:L10000,"*Word*")1,1,COUNTIF(I10 000:L10000,"*Word*"))). Can
you please give me a good piece of advice? Thank you in advance.