Hi,

<0.1 is a text string. If this is the only text string in the range, you
may use the following formula

=COUNTIF(C4:C9,"*")

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Regards,

Ashish Mathur
Microsoft Excel MVP

"chadkwelch" wrote in message
...
I am trying to count the number of cells in a range that contain the
string
<0.1. I don't want the number of cells that contain numbers less than 0.1,
I
want the actual string. Is there an escape character for comparison
operators
like the tilde for wild cards?

Thanks,
Chad