Hi,

Suppose you have typed Sony in cell A9 and Production in cell B9. You can
now use the following formula

=sumproduct((A1:A7=A18)*(B1:B7=B18))

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Ashish Mathur
Microsoft Excel MVP
www.ashishmathur.com

"Awrex" wrote in message
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Let's see if I can be clearer...

I have data in column A and data in column B.

Column A Column B
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Sony Production
Sony Staging
Aiwa Production
Sony Production
Aiwa Staging
Aiwa 8973
Sony 8963


I need to count Sony Production or Aiwa Staging, etc...

Thanks again!!!!!!!!!

"Max" wrote:

The earlier gives you the wildcard count for each item in col B which is
found within col A, which is what I thought you wanted, going by your
orig.
post descriptives.

If the interp's out, maybe you could clarify by posting your sample data
in
both cols A and B, and your expected results in col C.
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"Awrex" wrote:
Hi Max,

I'm not certain how this will compare column A to column B if X exists
and
give me a total count?

Thanks!!