I have a basic knowledge of countif but I am trying to use it to count if a
value is contained in the cell instead of equals the cell value.
Example
I would like to count the number of occurences of the phrase " blue book" in
the range below

blue book
blue book, red shoe, yellow car
blue book, brown box

Will the phrase 'blue book' always be on the left of the cell?

Mike

"dveenhuis" wrote:

> I have a basic knowledge of countif but I am trying to use it to count if a
> value is contained in the cell instead of equals the cell value.
> Example
> I would like to count the number of occurences of the phrase " blue book" in
> the range below
>
> blue book
> blue book, red shoe, yellow car
> blue book, brown box
>
>
>
>

=COUNTIF(A:A,"*blue book*")


"dveenhuis" wrote:

> I have a basic knowledge of countif but I am trying to use it to count if a
> value is contained in the cell instead of equals the cell value.
> Example
> I would like to count the number of occurences of the phrase " blue book" in
> the range below
>
> blue book
> blue book, red shoe, yellow car
> blue book, brown box
>
>
>
>

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"Teethless mama" wrote:

> =COUNTIF(A:A,"*blue book*")
>
>
> "dveenhuis" wrote:
>
> > I have a basic knowledge of countif but I am trying to use it to count if a
> > value is contained in the cell instead of equals the cell value.
> > Example
> > I would like to count the number of occurences of the phrase " blue book" in
> > the range below
> >
> > blue book
> > blue book, red shoe, yellow car
> > blue book, brown box
> >
> >
> >
> >