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Counting Specific Text
I want to type a formula that will look at a range of cells and count
1 each time it finds a specific word. So if my range of cells is A1:A50 and the word "math" is in cells A2, A4, and A10 it would bring back a count of 3. All help is greatly appreciated. |
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=COUNTIF(A1:A50,"math") -- Regards Ron de Bruin http://www.rondebruin.nl/tips.htm "japc90" wrote in message ... I want to type a formula that will look at a range of cells and count 1 each time it finds a specific word. So if my range of cells is A1:A50 and the word "math" is in cells A2, A4, and A10 it would bring back a count of 3. All help is greatly appreciated. |
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On Jan 6, 2:05*pm, "Ron de Bruin" wrote:
Maybe =COUNTIF(A1:A50,"math") -- Regards Ron de Bruinhttp://www.rondebruin.nl/tips.htm "japc90" wrote in ... I want to type a formula that will look at a range of cells and count 1 each time it finds a specific word. So if my range of cells is A1:A50 and the word "math" is in cells A2, A4, and A10 it would bring back a count of 3. All help is greatly appreciated.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Thank you!!! |
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