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hi , i have this in my 1 cell: ttgtcctacttacaacactgtgcttagtaatggttattgcgactttatccttgttctgaa
i want to count how many "a" in this cell . which formula i can use to solve this problem ?
thanks
hi , i have this in my 1 cell: ttgtcctacttacaacactgtgcttagtaatggttattgcgactttatccttgttctgaa
i want to count how many "a" in this cell . which formula i can use to solve this problem ?
thanks
=LEN(A1)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A1,"a",""))
where your string is in A1
Cheers,
Paul Edstein
[Fmr MS MVP - Word]
Hi, in your case (a single character) this will work:
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However, most people would want to ssearch for more than one character, in which case this is needed:
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which counts the number of "tt" in the string.
Does this provide you withthe answer?
Glenn
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Temporary addition of accented to illustrate ongoing problem to the TT: L? fh?ile P?draig sona dhaoibh
It works !!!!! thank you so much
just to add another option for case sensitivity issue
e.g. AAAAaaaaAAAaaaa
=LEN(A1)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(UPPER(A1),"A",""))
or change to Lower() then "a"
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There you go, 3 answers for the price of 1!
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You could also use a cell reference for the letter that you want to get a count of. The letter to be counted is in M1:
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