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count the amount of times a two letters appears in text string
please help!!
I have a column of different sequenced letters.eg AD AFD AC AFDE ADEF I want to count the amount of times that both "A" and "D" occur in the data set (4). |
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count the amount of times a two letters appears in text string
=SUMPRODUCT(--(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("A*D",A1:A5))))
"Sam" wrote: please help!! I have a column of different sequenced letters.eg AD AFD AC AFDE ADEF I want to count the amount of times that both "A" and "D" occur in the data set (4). |
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Using COUNTIF() in Col A
=COUNTIF(A:A,"*A*D*") If this post helps click Yes --------------- Jacob Skaria "Sam" wrote: please help!! I have a column of different sequenced letters.eg AD AFD AC AFDE ADEF I want to count the amount of times that both "A" and "D" occur in the data set (4). |
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count the amount of times a two letters appears in text string
Do you want to count if those 2 letters appear *in any order* ? For
example: DFA Should that be counted? -- Biff Microsoft Excel MVP "Sam" wrote in message ... please help!! I have a column of different sequenced letters.eg AD AFD AC AFDE ADEF I want to count the amount of times that both "A" and "D" occur in the data set (4). |
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