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lifeguardernie
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      23rd Dec 2007
how can i have excel count letters instead of numbers
if i have a row of cells a b a a b c a b
how can i set up a cell to give me the total number of all the a's in the row
 
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RB Smissaert
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      23rd Dec 2007
=COUNTIF(A1:H1,"a")

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"lifeguardernie" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news004E24C-49B2-438C-82C8-(E-Mail Removed)...
> how can i have excel count letters instead of numbers
> if i have a row of cells a b a a b c a
> b
> how can i set up a cell to give me the total number of all the a's in the
> row


 
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Nigel
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      23rd Dec 2007
CountIf(A1:H1,"A")

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> how can i have excel count letters instead of numbers
> if i have a row of cells a b a a b c a
> b
> how can i set up a cell to give me the total number of all the a's in the
> row


 
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Rick Rothstein \(MVP - VB\)
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      23rd Dec 2007
For the whole row...

=COUNTIF(1:1,"a")

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> how can i have excel count letters instead of numbers
> if i have a row of cells a b a a b c a
> b
> how can i set up a cell to give me the total number of all the a's in the
> row


 
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