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I have an attendance list and I need to have my final column telling me every
time the letter "A" (for absent) hits on that row.

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On May 9, 10:19 am, "rkalabokes" <u34051@uwe wrote:
I have an attendance list and I need to have my final column telling me every
time the letter "A" (for absent) hits on that row.


Try this:

=countif(J2:J99,"A")

change "J2:J99" to the correct range for your spreadsheet.

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Thank you I will test this out


Try this:

=countif(J2:J99,"A")

change "J2:J99" to the correct range for your spreadsheet.


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that (of course) did end up working. thank you very much! it was much
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