I don't understand the formula and would appreciate it if you would tell me
how this works. It is so close. What I'm finding, however, is that when an *
is put in a cell in a row the formula works fine but it allows another * to
be added to the same row and that can't be allowed. How would this formula be
changed to accomodate that? Would it be to count the *'s and if more than one
have a statement displayed. Appreciate your help very much!!! Jani

"Gary''s Student" wrote:

=(MATCH("*",A1:E1,0)-1)*2
for the first four cells in row 1

No IFs were needed
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