I need to be able to check the range D19:AB19 for any occurrence of the
phrase On Call. That is easy enough with the formula below so my problem is
it could be entered as just On Call or On Call #1 or On Call #4 ect.

So what I need is something that will count the occurance of On Call or any
phrase containing On Call.

=COUNTIF(D19:AB19,"On Call")

Hi

You have to use a wildcard.

=COUNTIF(D19:AB19,"On Call*")

Regards,
Per

"Patrick C. Simonds" skrev i meddelelsen
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I need to be able to check the range D19:AB19 for any occurrence of the
phrase On Call. That is easy enough with the formula below so my problem is
it could be entered as just On Call or On Call #1 or On Call #4 ect.

So what I need is something that will count the occurance of On Call or
any phrase containing On Call.

=COUNTIF(D19:AB19,"On Call")

Use =COUNTIF(D19:AB19,"On Call*")
where the asterisk (*) is a wild card meaning "and anything else after On
Call"
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"Patrick C. Simonds" wrote in message
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I need to be able to check the range D19:AB19 for any occurrence of the
phrase On Call. That is easy enough with the formula below so my problem is
it could be entered as just On Call or On Call #1 or On Call #4 ect.

So what I need is something that will count the occurance of On Call or
any phrase containing On Call.

=COUNTIF(D19:AB19,"On Call")

"Patrick C. Simonds" wrote in
:

I need to be able to check the range D19:AB19 for any occurrence of
the phrase On Call. That is easy enough with the formula below so my
problem is it could be entered as just On Call or On Call #1 or On
Call #4 ect.

So what I need is something that will count the occurance of On Call
or any phrase containing On Call.

=COUNTIF(D19:AB19,"On Call")



you should be able to use the wildcard *

try this
=COUNTIF(D19:AB19,"On Call*")

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"Patrick C. Simonds" wrote:

I need to be able to check the range D19:AB19 for any occurrence of the
phrase On Call. That is easy enough with the formula below so my problem is
it could be entered as just On Call or On Call #1 or On Call #4 ect.

So what I need is something that will count the occurance of On Call or any
phrase containing On Call.

=COUNTIF(D19:AB19,"On Call")


If 'On Call' occurs at the beginning of the text string, try...

=COUNTIF(D19:AB19,"On Call*")

or

=COUNTIF(D19:AB19,A2&"*")

....where A2 contains 'On Call'. If 'On Call' can occur anywhere within
the text string, try...

=COUNTIF(D19:AB19,"*On Call*")

or

=COUNTIF(D19:AB19,"*"&A2&"*")

....where, again, A2 contains 'On Call'.

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Domenic
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