hi,

i am trying to count the number of certain charectors in a field
example below

press/three/press

count the number of "p" and the number of "e"

thanks steve


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Use the FIND worksheet function

To find "p" and "e"

Enter your text in a "press/three/press" in a cell(A1)
Use FIND in another cell
=FIND("p",A1)
In another cell
=FIND"("e",A1)

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=LEN(A2)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A2,"e",""))

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hi,

i am trying to count the number of certain charectors in a field
example below

press/three/press

count the number of "p" and the number of "e"

thanks steve


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thanks for your help working great


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hi,
use below given function:

=+LEN(B19)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(B19,"a",""))

Note: counting occurance of "a" in B19



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hi,

i am trying to count the number of certain charectors in a field
example below

press/three/press

count the number of "p" and the number of "e"

thanks steve


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