=COUNTIF("B3:B13", "e") will return the number of cells
that are exactly "e".
=COUNTIF("B3:B13", "e") ditoo for l's
=COUNTIF(B3:B13,"*e*") will return the number of cells
that contain an "e" anywhere (ie it will count "be" or "beep"
as one)
=COUNTIF(B3:B13,"*l*") ditto for l's

If you want just one cell to contain both counts you could
use something like:
=COUNTIF("B3:B13", "e") & ", " & COUNTIF("B3:B13", "l")
which would give "2, 3"
OR
=COUNTIF("B3:B13", "e") & " e's, " & COUNTIF("B3:B13", "l") & " l's"
which would give "2 e's, 3 l's"

Dan E

"DL" wrote in message
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The Range("B3:B13") contains letters of the alphabet.

In cell B14, I need to check that two cells contain "l" (for late shift)
and
two cells contain "e" (for early shift).