SUMPRODUCT doesn't accept wildcards.

Try something like this to count cells in A1:A10 that might contain "ABC"
anywhere within the cell:

=SUMPRODUCT(--(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("ABC",A1:A10))))

Note that case is not factor. ABC is the same as abc.

If in your application case *is* a factor then replace SEARCH with FIND.

Using FIND, ABC is not the same as abc.

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Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"K1" wrote in message
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I would prefer to use a wildcard for text criteria in sumproduct counting
and
adding equations. I have tried versions of "*ABC*" and get false values.