In case Dave has misread your question and the cells have only one letter
each:
=COUNTIF(A1A:100,"A")
best wishes
--
Bernard Liengme
Microsoft Excel MVP
http://people.stfx.ca/bliengme

"Brian" wrote in message
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Howdy All,

I want to count the number of occurrences of a partipular letter in a
column

Any help?

THanks,
Brian