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Description of formulas to count the occurrences of text, characters, and words in Excel
- Article
- Applies to:
- Excel 2016, Excel 2013
Summary
This article contains and describes formulas that calculate the following:
- The number of occurrences of a text string in a range of cells.
- The number of occurrences of a character in one cell.
- The number of occurrences of a character in a range of cells.
- The number of words (or text strings) separated by a character in a cell.
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Formula to Count the Number of Occurrences of a Text String in a Range
=SUM(LEN(range)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(range,"text","")))/LEN("text")
Where range is the cell range in question and "text" is replaced by the specific text string that you want to count.
Note
The above formula must be entered as an array formula.
To enter a formula as an array in Excel for Windows, press CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER. To enter a formula as an array in Excel for Macintosh, press COMMAND+RETURN.
The formula must be divided by the length of the text string because the sum of the character length of the range
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