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    Add the number of times text appears in column

    Hi,
    I have a few spreadsheets with a few land transactions. I want to see if the parties involved are male or female, or both (in case of joint titles). And how many. I've tried to use ISNUMBER formulas and COUNTIF formulas but I can't seem to make them work. I've attached an example of what I need to do, the original has many more column with more info, and the names are in a different language which makes it easier to identify as female or not (like 'phany' in english female names etc).
    Please let me know if anyone knows what I can do.
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    Re: Add the number of times text appears in column

    What have you tried? There are no clear instructions in your file. Are you wanting Excel to somehow work out whether the person's first name is male or female? If so, then you need to be clear about the language in which you are really working and the alternatives: is it obvious from the ending of the name, for example, and if so, what are all the permutations? You will probably need a LOOKUP table for this.
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    Re: Add the number of times text appears in column

    Ok I thought it would be too confusing with the real names, but I've reattached the file with the real names showing. There are three identifying characters (ीमती, दवी, व ता) for female. There can be 1,2 or all three characters in the same name.

    So I've tried:
    =IF(OR(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("ीमती",C3)),ISNUMBER(SEARCH("दवी",C3)),ISNUMBER(SEARCH("वती",C3))),"1","")

    But this will only determine the gender for one cell and wont 'count' if there is more than one seller/buyer

    =COUNTIF(C5:C8,"*" & "ीमती" & "*") + COUNTIF(C5:C8,"*" & "दवी" & "*")
    Again, this counts the number of instances these characters appear, however if they appear twice in the same name then it'll count it twice.

    The main problem I have is that I want the folmula to also look at the transaction ID to start a new count when the ID changes, so I have a count for each transaction, this is proving to be difficult because its not just two rows with one being a buyer and one being a seller, sometimes with joint titles there are like 5 buyers and 2 sellers and many other permutations.
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    Re: Add the number of times text appears in column

    Hi,

    Could you re-attach your workbook with your manually-calculated desired results included?

    And preferably add a few more lines than 6 so that it is clear what is required.

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    Re: Add the number of times text appears in column

    Hi,
    This is the edited version, this is what the whole thing looks like, The only things I've added are the six columns to the extreme right. I've highlighted the three columns that are relevant.
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    Re: Add the number of times text appears in column

    Thanks. And just to clarify - are those your expected outcomes in columns P-U?

    Just taking one example, I don't understand why you have no expected return for women for row 6, since both ीमती and दवी are present in the string in D6 (ीमतीरजनी दवी).

    Also, how do you determine the Men/women results?

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    Re: Add the number of times text appears in column

    Hi,
    Yes columns P-U are the expected outcomes.

    So rows 5 and 6 are the same transaction with ID 150. If we look at column F we can see that row 5 is the seller and row 6 is the buyer.

    व ता = Seller
    ता = Buyer

    So the expected results in Q5 and U6 are for the ID 150 which has rows 5 and 6.

    Similarly, the last transaction ID 3471 consists of rows 53-62. Rows 53-61 are the sellers (they jointly own the land they are selling) and row 62 is the sole female buyer. There are 8 sellers, with the one in row 61 being female, which gives me the expected results of 7/1 in P53 and 1 in U53.

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    Re: Add the number of times text appears in column

    Thanks. But you still haven't answered my other point:

    Quote Originally Posted by XOR LX View Post
    Just taking one example, I don't understand why you have no expected return for women for row 6, since both ीमती and दवी are present in the string in D6 (ीमतीरजनी दवी).
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    Re: Add the number of times text appears in column

    Hey,
    I have accounted for everyone in the first row of every transaction. So for ID 150, consisting of rows 5 and 6, all people are accounted for in row 5; the woman in row 6 is accounted for in cell U5 as she is a buyer (as mentioned in cell F6), and is therefore in the buyer section. Same for all other transactions. For example, everyone in the last transaction, ID 3471 (rows 53 to 62) has been accounted for in the first row of that transaction (row 53). Is that slightly clearer?
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