May 30th, 2010, 02:03 PM
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Count number of people
This is easy and it works. Now I need to understand why! Thanks!!
"Bernard Liengme" wrote:
=ISTEXT(A1)+ISNUMBER(FIND("&",A1))
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"burtlake" wrote in message
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We will be hosting a large fund raiser. I need to know the number of
people
attending. Here's my problem................
Some people come as couples, and some as singles. For example, I have
listed Jim & Susan Brown. But in the same list I have Bill Smith, and Ann
Johnson. If ALL of these people RSVP with a yes, it represents 4
attendees.
I think the key to determining if it is 1 or 2 people attending is the
ampersand "&". If I have an ampersand, it should count as two; no
ampersand,
it is 1.
How can I use a function or functions to make this distinction, anc
correctly enter the number of attendees in the spredsheet?
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