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    Counting a specific character string in a range of cells.

    Hello,

    I've attached a sample of my work. I would like to count the number of cells having the character string "no DNA-profile". I've been using the formula as explained in another post, which generic is: =SUMPRODUCT(LEN(rng)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(rng,txt,""))).

    However, that has not worked correctly for me as shown in cell B1, where the count should be 1 instead of 14.

    Can somebody help me with this issue? Hope this question is still interesting!
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    Re: Counting a specific character string in a range of cells.

    You can use a simple COUNTIF for this:

    =COUNTIF($A$1:$A$8,"no DNA-profile")
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    Re: Counting a specific character string in a range of cells.

    Try this: =SUMPRODUCT((LEN(rng)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(rng,txt,"")))/LEN(txt))
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