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I need code or a formula to return the amount of times text was found in a
range of cells. The problem is the data in the sheet is inconsistent for example: StayInSchool, SchoolInitiative, SchoolsagainstDropout, etc. I need to calculate the amount of times "schoo" or school" is shown in the specified range. I need to be able to use a contains formula or string instead of < or equal to. Because this data comes from several markets, their naming convention is not uniform. Another option would be Access (or another application) if you can provide something I can throw into the Builder in Access that would help also. |
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Hi
you can use the COUNTIF function for this e.g. =COUNTIF(A1:A10,"*school*") however, i would also love to know what you mean by the "throw into the Builder in Access" ... Cheers JulieD "cisse_5" wrote in message ... I need code or a formula to return the amount of times text was found in a range of cells. The problem is the data in the sheet is inconsistent for example: StayInSchool, SchoolInitiative, SchoolsagainstDropout, etc. I need to calculate the amount of times "schoo" or school" is shown in the specified range. I need to be able to use a contains formula or string instead of < or equal to. Because this data comes from several markets, their naming convention is not uniform. Another option would be Access (or another application) if you can provide something I can throw into the Builder in Access that would help also. |
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=COUNTIF(A1:A100,"*School*") Regards Rowan "cisse_5" wrote: I need code or a formula to return the amount of times text was found in a range of cells. The problem is the data in the sheet is inconsistent for example: StayInSchool, SchoolInitiative, SchoolsagainstDropout, etc. I need to calculate the amount of times "schoo" or school" is shown in the specified range. I need to be able to use a contains formula or string instead of < or equal to. Because this data comes from several markets, their naming convention is not uniform. Another option would be Access (or another application) if you can provide something I can throw into the Builder in Access that would help also. |
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I believe he is referring to the Query builder in Access. Maybe thinking
about moving the data to Access, build a query to do the text count, and then bring the query results back to Excel? Mike F "JulieD" wrote in message ... Hi you can use the COUNTIF function for this e.g. =COUNTIF(A1:A10,"*school*") however, i would also love to know what you mean by the "throw into the Builder in Access" ... Cheers JulieD "cisse_5" wrote in message ... I need code or a formula to return the amount of times text was found in a range of cells. The problem is the data in the sheet is inconsistent for example: StayInSchool, SchoolInitiative, SchoolsagainstDropout, etc. I need to calculate the amount of times "schoo" or school" is shown in the specified range. I need to be able to use a contains formula or string instead of < or equal to. Because this data comes from several markets, their naming convention is not uniform. Another option would be Access (or another application) if you can provide something I can throw into the Builder in Access that would help also. |
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Thanks all for your response. I was there and tried it but the manager kept
insisting on this complex statement that didn't achieve the required result. I only need to write 3 separate statements and this is simple and gets the job done. Thanks Alot!!!!!! "Rowan" wrote: Try =COUNTIF(A1:A100,"*School*") Regards Rowan "cisse_5" wrote: I need code or a formula to return the amount of times text was found in a range of cells. The problem is the data in the sheet is inconsistent for example: StayInSchool, SchoolInitiative, SchoolsagainstDropout, etc. I need to calculate the amount of times "schoo" or school" is shown in the specified range. I need to be able to use a contains formula or string instead of < or equal to. Because this data comes from several markets, their naming convention is not uniform. Another option would be Access (or another application) if you can provide something I can throw into the Builder in Access that would help also. |
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