Hi,

I'm not sure if I've had a bit of brain block on this and made it too
complicated but try this array formula

=SUM(LEN(A1:A20))-SUM(LEN(A1:A20)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A1:A20,",","")))

This is an array formula which must be entered by pressing CTRL+Shift+Enter
'and not just Enter. If you do it correctly then Excel will put curly brackets
'around the formula {}. You can't type these yourself. If you edit the formula
'you must enter it again with CTRL+Shift+Enter.

Mike

"Vermont Pete C" wrote:

I've got a range (one column) where each cell either
- has no value or number in it (empty cell)
- has 1 or more values in it (and I can separate by , ; - / or any other
symbol. )

Cells only have numbers, no text. Numbers are 1 to 8.

I would like to know how many occurances of each number happen in that range.
Using count function does not work clearly (or any other count function).

For instance:
A1: 1,5
A2:
A3: 8
A4: 2,4,6,7,
etc...

Anyone knows if there is an existing function within excel or needs to be
macro (not my forté)?

Many thanks to the this community...

Peter C.