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Value within a cell
Hi,
Is there any code to find a phrase (that i enter into cell E1) within a cell. For example if B2 holds "The Cat in the hat" B3 holds "The Cat in the Car" B4 holds "The Dog in the Bush" B5 holds "Harry and the monkey" I want to search for the number of cells that hold the phrase "in the". In this case that'd be 3 Is it possible to do this? Thanks in advance Niko |
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In cell E1:
=COUNT(FIND("in the",B2:B5)) Enter as an array formula (control-shift-enter) Note that this is case sensitive, and will not match "In the" or "in The" HTH, Keith "N1KO" wrote: Hi, Is there any code to find a phrase (that i enter into cell E1) within a cell. For example if B2 holds "The Cat in the hat" B3 holds "The Cat in the Car" B4 holds "The Dog in the Bush" B5 holds "Harry and the monkey" I want to search for the number of cells that hold the phrase "in the". In this case that'd be 3 Is it possible to do this? Thanks in advance Niko |
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=(LEN(B2&B3&B4&B5)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(B2&B3&B4&B5,"in the","")))/6
-- Gary''s Student - gsnu200903 "N1KO" wrote: Hi, Is there any code to find a phrase (that i enter into cell E1) within a cell. For example if B2 holds "The Cat in the hat" B3 holds "The Cat in the Car" B4 holds "The Dog in the Bush" B5 holds "Harry and the monkey" I want to search for the number of cells that hold the phrase "in the". In this case that'd be 3 Is it possible to do this? Thanks in advance Niko |
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This worked but is going to be way too long for the range i need.
Thanks though. Niko "Gary''s Student" wrote: =(LEN(B2&B3&B4&B5)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(B2&B3&B4&B5,"in the","")))/6 -- Gary''s Student - gsnu200903 "N1KO" wrote: Hi, Is there any code to find a phrase (that i enter into cell E1) within a cell. For example if B2 holds "The Cat in the hat" B3 holds "The Cat in the Car" B4 holds "The Dog in the Bush" B5 holds "Harry and the monkey" I want to search for the number of cells that hold the phrase "in the". In this case that'd be 3 Is it possible to do this? Thanks in advance Niko |
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Use this normally entered formula...
=COUNTIF(B2:B5,"*"&E1&"*") -- Rick (MVP - Excel) "N1KO" wrote in message ... Hi, Is there any code to find a phrase (that i enter into cell E1) within a cell. For example if B2 holds "The Cat in the hat" B3 holds "The Cat in the Car" B4 holds "The Dog in the Bush" B5 holds "Harry and the monkey" I want to search for the number of cells that hold the phrase "in the". In this case that'd be 3 Is it possible to do this? Thanks in advance Niko |
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Thanks to you all I'll have a go through these in the morning.
Niko |
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