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I have data of non-numerical in nature that I want to sort get totals. How
do I do this and report the results?
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=COUNTIF(A1:A100,"string")


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Use COUNTIF:


If column A has:

dog
dog
cat
cat
cat
fish
fish

then countif(A1:A7,"dog") will give 2, etc.
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