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    Number of times a letter occurs in list of names

    I have a list of names for my wedding and am making place cards out of scrabble pieces and need to know how many times each individual letter appears in the 150names to know how many of each letter to buy

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    Re: Number of times a letter occurs in list of names

    If you have names in A2:A200 then try listing each letter of the alphabet in C2 down and use this formula in D2 copied down for a count of each letter

    =SUMPRODUCT(LEN(A$2:A$200)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A$2:A$200,C2,"")))
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    Re: Number of times a letter occurs in list of names

    Try this...

    Data Range
    A
    B
    C
    D
    1
    Name
    -----
    Letter
    Count
    2
    Aaa
    A
    6
    3
    Baa
    B
    7
    4
    Ccb
    C
    5
    5
    Bca
    6
    Cbb
    7
    Bbc


    This formula entered in D2 and copied down:

    =SUMPRODUCT(LEN(A$2:A$7)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(UPPER(A$2:A$7),C2,"")))
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    Re: Number of times a letter occurs in list of names

    Cheers thankyou,

    The formula worked, only problem is it didnt include capital letters so i had to do another column and just add the two together Thanks

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    Re: Number of times a letter occurs in list of names

    Did you try the suggestion in reply #3?

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    Re: Number of times a letter occurs in list of names

    Yes, SUBSTITUTE function is case-sensitive so I should have included UPPER or LOWER function to deal with that

    Tony's suggestion covers that

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