In Excel find characters when multiple characters exist w/i a cel
I want to be able to find the number of occurrances of a particular
alpha-numeric character in a specified range when there can be multiple characters in any one cell. (More over, I want to be able to find the number of occurrances of an array of charcters within a specified range.) ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...et.f unctions |
In Excel find characters when multiple characters exist w/i a cel
You count the characters, and then count the characters with the letter
substituted by "". =LEN(B4)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(B4,"A","")) or =(LEN(B4)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(B4,"or","")))/LEN("or") for a string orf characters -- HTH RP (remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct) "teacher-deburg" wrote in message ... I want to be able to find the number of occurrances of a particular alpha-numeric character in a specified range when there can be multiple characters in any one cell. (More over, I want to be able to find the number of occurrances of an array of charcters within a specified range.) ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...et.f unctions |
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