counting instances of words in a worksheet cell
I would like to be able to count the instances of "apple" in the
following example, where each line is the value in one cell: column 1 x apple apple x x x x apple x to get the answer = 4 instances of apple. How can I do this in excel? any help greatly appreciated CJ |
Hi CJ
getting the answer 4 from the given example would be difficult, however, if you'ld settle for 3 then use the following formula =COUNTIF(A1:A4,"*apple*") Cheers JulieD "CJ" wrote in message om... I would like to be able to count the instances of "apple" in the following example, where each line is the value in one cell: column 1 x apple apple x x x x apple x to get the answer = 4 instances of apple. How can I do this in excel? any help greatly appreciated CJ |
The word apple is always on a cell by itself?
=COUNTIF(your_range,"apple") If it isn't, then try: =COUNTIF(your_range,"*"&"apple"&"*") TJ "CJ" wrote: I would like to be able to count the instances of "apple" in the following example, where each line is the value in one cell: column 1 x apple apple x x x x apple x to get the answer = 4 instances of apple. How can I do this in excel? any help greatly appreciated CJ |
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