Compare a column of substring with another column of strings and get count
 

Below is the scenario. I have 2 columns. Column A has some article Ids (IS123, IS1234, etc.). Column X has Solutions provided to customer, where this article Id would be a reference (substring.)

I need the to compare each article Id (column A) with all solutions provided (Column X) and get the count of occurrences of each article Id in Column B.

Please Help!!

-Shanmu

Compare a column of substring with another column of strings and get count
 

Shanmu has brought this to us :
Below is the scenario. I have 2 columns. Column A has some article Ids
(IS123, IS1234, etc.). Column X has Solutions provided to customer,
where this article Id would be a reference (substring.)

I need the to compare each article Id (column A) with all solutions
provided (Column X) and get the count of occurrences of each article Id
in Column B.

Please Help!!

-Shanmu

The COUNTIF() function is what you need, and usage can be found under
the Function Reference in online help.

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Hi,

Try this...

=COUNTIF(B2:B4,"*"&A2&"*")

As per your scenario the ID is in cell A2 and the searched text is in the B2:B4 range. You may change references as per your use.

Let me know if it works.

Thanks,
Prashant

Excellent Prashant... It works. Thanks :)