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  1. 09-23-2013, 07:51 PM #1
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    Hello,

    I've been playing with the COUNTIF and SUM functions to devise a way to count the number of times a combination of text strings show within a column, yet the bulk of the tips I find correlate more to finding vaules across columns and rows. Though helpful, it's not quite working for what I'm trying to do.

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    fox trot dance
    dog eats apples
    fox climbs trees
    cat chases dog
    dog chases cat
    cat eats mice
    fox climbs wall
    fox chases cat
    dog climbs trees

    How would I construct a formula that would count the number of instances "fox" and "climbs" appear together in the same string? What I come up with keeps tabulating all the instances of "fox" and "climbs" to give me a sum of the total times the words are used. I just want to see when they're used together. As always, any and all help is most appreciated.
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    Re: Counting Multiple Text Strings in the Same Column?

    with a helper column
    say in B1
    =IF(AND(ISNUMBER(SEARCH({"fox","climbs"},A1))),1, "") then you can sum the out put.
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    Re: Counting Multiple Text Strings in the Same Column?

    Hi,
    Try this formula : 

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    Re: Counting Multiple Text Strings in the Same Column?

    hi MurasakiK. another alternative:
    =SUM(COUNTIF(A1:A9,{"*fox*climbs*"}),COUNTIF(A1:A9,"{*climbs*fox*}"))

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    Question Re: Counting Multiple Text Strings in the Same Column?

    It's zeroing out on my end. Does it matter if the text strings are attached by dashes (e.g. fox-climbs...)?
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    Re: Counting Multiple Text Strings in the Same Column?

    check your range or better post the formula you entered.
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