Why didn't you say so.

=COUNTIF(A1:A1000,"*mytext*")


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HTH

Bob Phillips

"SteW" wrote in message
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Yeah I know I can do that, but if the text doesn't match exactly what I
put
in quotation marks it won't be counted. Eg If I want it to count "Hello"
and
someone's input "Hello." it won't be counted. Can't I get it to count
things
that are similar to "hello"?

"Bob Phillips" wrote:

=COUNTIF(A1:A1000,"mytext")

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HTH

Bob Phillips

"SteW" wrote in message
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Is it possible to get excel to count the cells in a worksheet which
contain a
text similar to a value?

eg If I wanted it to count the number of cells which contains the word
"apples", but in some cells it might be spelt "aples" or "appls"?
I know in that instance I could just run a spell check, but you get
the
idea.