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How do I count the number of words in a cell?
Hello,
I have to come up with a way to count the number of words in a cell (they are actually names, separated by a space), so that I can find any cells that have more than 3 names. Thanks in advance for your replies. Phil. |
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How do I count the number of words in a cell?
Perhaps with something like this:
For a name in A1 B1: =LEN(A1)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A1," ",""))+1 Does that help? *********** Regards, Ron XL2002, WinXP-Pro "Phil" wrote: Hello, I have to come up with a way to count the number of words in a cell (they are actually names, separated by a space), so that I can find any cells that have more than 3 names. Thanks in advance for your replies. Phil. |
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How do I count the number of words in a cell?
You would need to count the spaces then, so any 3 and more names in a cell
would have at least 2 spaces You could use a help column and a formula like =LEN(TRIM(A2))-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(TRIM(A2)," ",""))=2 copy down, apply autofilter and filter on TRUE will give all those cells or use conditional formatting formula is and the high light those cells -- Regards, Peo Sjoblom http://nwexcelsolutions.com "Phil" wrote in message ... Hello, I have to come up with a way to count the number of words in a cell (they are actually names, separated by a space), so that I can find any cells that have more than 3 names. Thanks in advance for your replies. Phil. |
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How do I count the number of words in a cell?
Ron,
Thank you. That worked perfectly. "Ron Coderre" wrote: Perhaps with something like this: For a name in A1 B1: =LEN(A1)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A1," ",""))+1 Does that help? *********** Regards, Ron XL2002, WinXP-Pro "Phil" wrote: Hello, I have to come up with a way to count the number of words in a cell (they are actually names, separated by a space), so that I can find any cells that have more than 3 names. Thanks in advance for your replies. Phil. |
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