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Working out a way to display the number of times a name or number is used on the page

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    Working out a way to display the number of times a name or number is used on the page

    Im keeping track of our sporting league (Cricket) i have to keep track of all batsman and bowlers stats. I am looking at a way for find the total games a player has played. Every time the players name is mentioned thats a game he has play. I need a formula or solution to work this out,, Thank you for any help

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    Re: Working out a way to display the number of times a name or number is used on the page

    Hi

    Try, with COUNTIF.
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    Re: Working out a way to display the number of times a name or number is used on the page

    also if you upload then people can work on it properly
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    Re: Working out a way to display the number of times a name or number is used on the page

    This is part of what im working on
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    Re: Working out a way to display the number of times a name or number is used on the page

    There is something funny about your file.
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    Re: Working out a way to display the number of times a name or number is used on the page

    I dont remember putting a joke in there. Whats funny about it?

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    Re: Working out a way to display the number of times a name or number is used on the page

    =COUNTIF(B1:AX51,"Stephen")
    =COUNTIF(B1:AX51,"Josh")

    etc

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    Re: Working out a way to display the number of times a name or number is used on the page

    When I try to open it, there is unreadable content do you trust this file..

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    Re: Working out a way to display the number of times a name or number is used on the page

    Quote Originally Posted by twiggywales View Post
    =COUNTIF(B1:AX51,"Stephen")
    =COUNTIF(B1:AX51,"Josh")

    etc
    edit that formulas range to increase size and names to alter results

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    Re: Working out a way to display the number of times a name or number is used on the page

    Im getting error508

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    Re: Working out a way to display the number of times a name or number is used on the page

    Trust file. Its from a mac if that makes a difference

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    Re: Working out a way to display the number of times a name or number is used on the page

    oh then i dont know how it differes with mac and regular

    all i know is this worked for me (see cells C55+)

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