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Default counting alpha data

And if Shane Devenshire is in the list, and you want it counted also, try:

=COUNTIF(A1:A1000,"Shane*")

And for Devenshire, Shane, try:

=COUNTIF(A1:A1000,"*Shane")
Or
=COUNTIF(A1:A1000,"*Shane*")
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Hi,

use: COUNTIF(List,Name)

counts the number of times shane appears in the
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"myrtlethorn" wrote:

I am trying to count how many times a name appears in a list. Is there a
formula?



 
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