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Old December 21st, 2005, 02:58 PM posted to microsoft.public.excel.newusers
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How can I give the total of how many times a word appears in a column?


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have a look at
=COUNTIF(

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Smokey_Vol Wrote:
How can I give the total of how many times a word appears in a column?


Assuming your column range is A1:A100, you can use this

=COUNTIF(A1:A100,\"WORD_THAT_NEEDS_TO_BE_COUNTED\" )[/b] OR

IF THE WORD THAT YOU WANT TO COUNT IS, SAY, IN CELL B1, THE ABOVE
FORMULA CAN BE MODIFIED TO BE

[b]=COUNTIF(A1:A100,\"*\"&B1&\"*\")

Hope this is what you looking for.

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