edit this =COUNTIF(A1:F16,"*1-2*")+COUNTIF(A1:F16,"*2-1*")

When I try to edit this =COUNTIF(A1:F16,"*1-2*")+COUNTIF(A1:F16,"*2-1*") I change the A1 to A2 and hit enter it quits functioning as a formula and it fills the cell with text and numbers.
I can edit it one time and it will work. If I edit it twice I get the text and numbers =COUNTIF(A1:F16,"*2-1*")+COUNTIF(A1:F16,"*1-2*") One thing I did notice is that when I typed the formula in and hit enter the number that showed up in the cell was aligned right and when I edited it the first time and hit enter the number aligned left.

1-10 9-2 3-8 4-7 5-6
4-3 10-8 9-7 1-6 5-2
8-9 1-7 2-6 3-5 4-10
4-6 5-10 9-1 2-8 3-7
10-6 7-5 2-1 8-4 9-3
5-9 6-8 7-10 3-2 1-4
3-1 4-9 8-5 6-7 10-2
7-2 6-3 5-4 9-10 8-1
7-8 2-4 10-3 1-5 6-9
6-5 10-1 2-9 8-3 7-4


There are 5 columns here

Try Edit/Clear/Formats from the cells that are misbehaving. Then Edit/Replace,
and replace an equal sign with and equal sign (the latter is the same as
editing each formula).

On Sat, 24 Sep 2005 16:08:10 -0500, sctroy
<[email protected]> wrote:

>
>When I try to edit this =COUNTIF(A1:F16,"*1-2*")+COUNTIF(A1:F16,"*2-1*")
>I change the A1 to A2 and hit enter it quits functioning as a formula
>and it fills the cell with text and numbers.
>I can edit it one time and it will work. If I edit it twice I get the
>text and numbers =COUNTIF(A1:F16,"*2-1*")+COUNTIF(A1:F16,"*1-2*") One
>thing I did notice is that when I typed the formula in and hit enter
>the number that showed up in the cell was aligned right and when I
>edited it the first time and hit enter the number aligned left.
>
>1-10 9-2 3-8 4-7 5-6
>4-3 10-8 9-7 1-6 5-2
>8-9 1-7 2-6 3-5 4-10
>4-6 5-10 9-1 2-8 3-7
>10-6 7-5 2-1 8-4 9-3
>5-9 6-8 7-10 3-2 1-4
>3-1 4-9 8-5 6-7 10-2
>7-2 6-3 5-4 9-10 8-1
>7-8 2-4 10-3 1-5 6-9
>6-5 10-1 2-9 8-3 7-4
>
>
>There are 5 columns here

You did it. Works great. Thanks a lot.