How can I count the number of links?

My spread sheet has a column of hyperlinks. About 100 of them. They
are jobs I've applied for from the job sites. Is there a way I can
search through the hyperlinks to count how many are from one specific
job board like "monster.com"?

Pseudo-Code:
=CountIFHyperlinkContains(A25:A982,"monster")

Any ideas?

Do you see the hyperlink address in the cell?

If yes:
=countif(a25:a982,"*monster*")

If now, then I'd use a UDF that extracted the link's address into an adjacent
cell (B25:B982??).

If you want to try:

You can use a User defined function to retrieve the link.

Option Explicit
Function GetURL(Rng As Range) As String
Application.Volatile

Set Rng = Rng(1)

If Rng.Hyperlinks.Count = 0 Then
GetURL = ""
Else
GetURL = Rng.Hyperlinks(1).Address
End If
End Function

So if you had a hyperlink in A1, you could put =getURL(a1) in that adjacent
cell.

Be aware that if you change the hyperlink, then this formula cell won't change
until your workbook calculates.

If you're new to macros, you may want to read David McRitchie's intro at:
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/getstarted.htm

Short course:

Open your workbook.
Hit alt-f11 to get to the VBE (where macros/UDF's live)
hit ctrl-R to view the project explorer
Find your workbook.
should look like: VBAProject (yourfilename.xls)

right click on the project name
Insert, then Module
You should see the code window pop up on the right hand side

Paste the code in there.

Now go back to excel.
Into a test cell and type:
=getURL(a1)

Then you could use the =countif() formula, but point at the other range.


Mr Clone enolC wrote:

My spread sheet has a column of hyperlinks. About 100 of them. They
are jobs I've applied for from the job sites. Is there a way I can
search through the hyperlinks to count how many are from one specific
job board like "monster.com"?

Pseudo-Code:
=CountIFHyperlinkContains(A25:A982,"monster")

Any ideas?

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Dave Peterson