Use a help column with a formula and extract the first character

=LEFT(C1)

copy down

assume you put that in D2:D50

then use

=SUM(COUNTIF(C2:C50,{"A","H","V"}))


otherwise try


=SUMPRODUCT(--(LEFT(C2:C50)={"A","H","V"}))


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Peo Sjoblom



"soconfused" wrote in message
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I didn't pose the question right. I should have said I have a column with
these variables and at the bottom, I want to sum all the A's, H's and V's.
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"Toppers" wrote:

in D1:

=if(OR(left(C1)="A",left(C1)="H"),1,"")

HTH

"soconfused" wrote:

I am trying to look at a cell and put a #1 in it:

Example Column C = A-LA41-09-92256 I need a formula
here
to put a # 1 if the value is A- or H-

Thanks in advance.

DMM

"Peo Sjoblom" wrote...
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otherwise try

=SUMPRODUCT(--(LEFT(C2:C50)={"A","H","V"}))
....

Or try

=SUM(COUNTIF(C2:C50,{"A","H","V"}&"*"))

or a slightly shorter array formula in which it's easier to change the
letters sought,

=COUNT(FIND(LEFT(A1:A30,1),"AHV"))

"Harlan Grove" wrote in message
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=COUNT(FIND(LEFT(A1:A30,1),"AHV"))

That counts in empty cell in my XL97 because the FIND() returns 1 for empty
cells. Is this a bug that was fixed in later versions?
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Sandy
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"Sandy Mann" wrote...
"Harlan Grove" wrote in message
=COUNT(FIND(LEFT(A1:A30,1),"AHV"))

That counts in empty cell in my XL97 because the FIND() returns 1
for empty cells. Is this a bug that was fixed in later versions?
....

Not fully bullet-proofed, eh? OK,

=COUNT(FIND(LEFT(A1:A30&"#",1),"AHV"))

You could provide these fixes yourself, you know?

You could provide these fixes yourself, you know?

Actually I was too fixated on there being a bug in FIND() - there are none
so blind as those that think that they already know!

(That's not to say that I would have come up with it anyway.)

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Sandy
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