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count a character

=LEN(A1)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A1,"L",""))
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"hsg" wrote in message
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How can we count the number of times a character is appearing in a cell,
i.e.
if I enter a text in a cell, how many times "L" is appearing in it?

thanks in advance

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