Justin,

Try something like

NumChars = Len(S) - Len(Replace(S, "*", ""))

where S is your string.


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Cordially,
Chip Pearson
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
www.cpearson.com


"Justin Ater" wrote in message
...
Can anyone recommend a easy method for programmatically
determining the
number of times a character occurs within a single cell (e.g.,
the character
"*" occurs 5 times in text "A*B*C*D*E*F"). Thanks,

Justin