Count the words in a cell
 

Dear exper
A cell contains a lot of information.
Is it possible to count certan word in a cell please?

Say A1 contains a series of text ....

1. Daily Swing even though Sto is hit high or low
2. Look at Chart pattern
3. Stop at dangerous level

How can I count number of "O" in the cell A1 please?

Thanks
Elton

Count the words in a cell
 

Try this...

=LEN(A1)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(UPPER(A1),UPPER("O"),""))

Note that SUBSTITUTE is case sensitive.

--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"Elton Law" wrote in message
...
Dear exper
A cell contains a lot of information.
Is it possible to count certan word in a cell please?

Say A1 contains a series of text ....

1. Daily Swing even though Sto is hit high or low
2. Look at Chart pattern
3. Stop at dangerous level

How can I count number of "O" in the cell A1 please?

Thanks
Elton

Count the words in a cell
 

=LEN(A1)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A1,"o",""))

It's case sensitive, so if you all "O" or "o", repeat the whole formula
substituting the other case and add the two results:
=(LEN(A1)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A1,"o","")))+(LEN(A1)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A1,"O","")))

Hope this helps,

Hutch

"Elton Law" wrote:

Dear exper
A cell contains a lot of information.
Is it possible to count certan word in a cell please?

Say A1 contains a series of text ....

1. Daily Swing even though Sto is hit high or low
2. Look at Chart pattern
3. Stop at dangerous level

How can I count number of "O" in the cell A1 please?

Thanks
Elton

Count the words in a cell
 

On Thu, 20 May 2010 10:22:01 -0700, Elton Law
wrote:

Dear exper
A cell contains a lot of information.
Is it possible to count certan word in a cell please?

Say A1 contains a series of text ....

1. Daily Swing even though Sto is hit high or low
2. Look at Chart pattern
3. Stop at dangerous level

How can I count number of "O" in the cell A1 please?

Thanks
Elton


Try the following formula:

=SUMPRODUCT(--(MID(A1,ROW(1:999),1)="o"))

The 999 in the formula should be any number not less than the number
of characters in the text.
With the given example text, the returned value is 8.

Hope this helps / Lars-Åke

Count the words in a cell
 

On 20 Mai, 18:30, "T. Valko" wrote:
Try this...

=LEN(A1)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(UPPER(A1),UPPER("O"),""))

Note that SUBSTITUTE is case sensitive.

--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP

"Elton Law" wrote in message

...

Dear exper
A cell contains a lot of information.
Is it possible to count certan word in a cell please?

Say A1 contains a series of text ....

1. Daily Swing even though Sto is hit high or low
2. Look at Chart pattern
3. Stop at dangerous level

How can I count number of "O" in the cell A1 please?

Thanks
Elton

Hi Biff,

I like that UPPER("O") part :-)

Have fun,
Bernd

Count the words in a cell
 

On Thu, 20 May 2010 11:24:51 -0700 (PDT), Bernd P
wrote:

On 20 Mai, 18:30, "T. Valko" wrote:
Try this...

=LEN(A1)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(UPPER(A1),UPPER("O"),""))

Note that SUBSTITUTE is case sensitive.

--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP

"Elton Law" wrote in message

...

Dear exper
A cell contains a lot of information.
Is it possible to count certan word in a cell please?

Say A1 contains a series of text ....

1. Daily Swing even though Sto is hit high or low
2. Look at Chart pattern
3. Stop at dangerous level

How can I count number of "O" in the cell A1 please?

Thanks
Elton

Hi Biff,

I like that UPPER("O") part :-)

Have fun,
Bernd

To be really sure, make it TRIM(LEFT(UPPER("O"))) :-)

Lars-Åke

Count the words in a cell
 

I like that UPPER("O") part

So then you know why it's there?

--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"Bernd P" wrote in message
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On 20 Mai, 18:30, "T. Valko" wrote:
Try this...

=LEN(A1)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(UPPER(A1),UPPER("O"),""))

Note that SUBSTITUTE is case sensitive.

--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP

"Elton Law" wrote in message

...

Dear exper
A cell contains a lot of information.
Is it possible to count certan word in a cell please?

Say A1 contains a series of text ....

1. Daily Swing even though Sto is hit high or low
2. Look at Chart pattern
3. Stop at dangerous level

How can I count number of "O" in the cell A1 please?

Thanks
Elton

Hi Biff,

I like that UPPER("O") part :-)

Have fun,
Bernd

Count the words in a cell
 

On 20 Mai, 20:38, Lars-Åke Aspelin wrote:
On Thu, 20 May 2010 11:24:51 -0700 (PDT), Bernd P



wrote:
On 20 Mai, 18:30, "T. Valko" wrote:
Try this...

=LEN(A1)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(UPPER(A1),UPPER("O"),""))

Note that SUBSTITUTE is case sensitive.

--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP

"Elton Law" wrote in message

...

Dear exper
A cell contains a lot of information.
Is it possible to count certan word in a cell please?

Say A1 contains a series of text ....

1. Daily Swing even though Sto is hit high or low
2. Look at Chart pattern
3. Stop at dangerous level

How can I count number of "O" in the cell A1 please?

Thanks
Elton

Hi Biff,

I like that UPPER("O") part :-)

Have fun,
Bernd

To be really sure, make it TRIM(LEFT(UPPER("O"))) *:-)

Lars-Åke

Takk, Lars!

:-)

Regards,
Bernd

Count the words in a cell
 

To be really sure, make it TRIM(LEFT(UPPER("O")))

To be really super-duper extra sure you might want to use:

CLEAN(TRIM(PROPER(LEFT(UPPER(CHAR(79)),1))))

--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"Lars-Åke Aspelin" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 20 May 2010 11:24:51 -0700 (PDT), Bernd P
wrote:

On 20 Mai, 18:30, "T. Valko" wrote:
Try this...

=LEN(A1)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(UPPER(A1),UPPER("O"),""))

Note that SUBSTITUTE is case sensitive.

--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP

"Elton Law" wrote in message

...

Dear exper
A cell contains a lot of information.
Is it possible to count certan word in a cell please?

Say A1 contains a series of text ....

1. Daily Swing even though Sto is hit high or low
2. Look at Chart pattern
3. Stop at dangerous level

How can I count number of "O" in the cell A1 please?

Thanks
Elton

Hi Biff,

I like that UPPER("O") part :-)

Have fun,
Bernd

To be really sure, make it TRIM(LEFT(UPPER("O"))) :-)

Lars-Åke