My bad, you are absolutely correct. I apologize for the error!

"David Biddulph" wrote:

Won't that double count if the cell contains both a and x?
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David Biddulph

"Gary Mc" wrote in message
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I'm sure there are other and probably better solutions but this will work
=SUM(COUNTIF(B2:E2,"*a*"),COUNTIF(B2:E2,"*x*"))
Hope this is helpful
GMc

"Gasbag" wrote:

I am trying to count the number of cells in a row that contain one or
more of
three letters?