=COUNTIF(A1:A20,"A*")+COUNTIF(A1:A20,"B*")+COUNTIF (A1:A20,"C*")+COUNTIF(A1:A20,"D*")+COUNTIF(A1:A20, "E*")
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David Biddulph

"tagout" wrote in message
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What is the formula to count the number of cells that start with a
particular
character? What I really want to do is count how the number of cells in a
column that start with a through e. I have tried several things but can't
quite come up with the magic formula. thanks for your help.