Try: =COUNTIF(A:A,"TECH 660*")
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I have column where a course is listed by two names and I need to count the
course with both names. I have tried countif and sumproduct function but
nothing works.
A
1. TECH 660
2. TECH 660/550
3. TECH 660
The count should be 3. What function should I be using?
Thanks