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I need a formula to count how many times a specific text string occurs in a column of data. However the text string will not always be the same it will be based on the text in cell E2. I tried using a countif and search but it didn't come out right.
I need a formula to count how many times a specific text string occurs in a column of data. However the text string will not always be the same it will be based on the text in cell E2. I tried using a countif and search but it didn't come out right.
If your data is in column A
Formula:
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Shelton A.
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What do you mean by "based on the value in E2??
What's in E2 and how can the strings vary from what's in E2? Is the content of E2 always at the start, at the end, or separated by come characteristic characters?
Better still, can you post a spreadsheet contsining some examples?
Glenn
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Example.xlsx
I put the counts in manually.
Try
=COUNTIF(A$1:A$10,D1&"*")
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It gives me an issue with the " marks
This seems to work thank you.
You're welcome.
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