Searching for text & counting how many times it appears

[Guest]

I import text from various data sources. Is there a function (or if anyone
has a macro) that will allow me to search the worksheet/workbook for a
specific text and print the number of times that text appears? The text may
not necessarily be in the same location at all times. It could also be
combined with other text in a cell e.g. "AJAA" or "AJAA text".

As always, your help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks

 

[Guest]

=COUNTA([your range],[text you want to count, enclosed in quotation marks])

Example: =COUNTA(A1:A10000,"this is how you count the frequency of a text
string")

Dave

 

[Biff]

Think you meant COUNTIF.

Biff

=COUNTA([your range],[text you want to count, enclosed in quotation
marks])

Example: =COUNTA(A1:A10000,"this is how you count the frequency of a text
string")

Dave
--
Brevity is the soul of wit.

I import text from various data sources. Is there a function (or if
anyone
has a macro) that will allow me to search the worksheet/workbook for a
specific text and print the number of times that text appears? The text
may
not necessarily be in the same location at all times. It could also be
combined with other text in a cell e.g. "AJAA" or "AJAA text".

As always, your help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks

 

[Guest]

Thank you so much Biff. COUNTIF works better than COUNTA. The only addition I
added to that formula was the asterisk wildcard e.g. "AJAA*" because I wanted
Excel to count the occurrence even if there were other words in the cell.
When I did not have the wildcard, only the cells with that specific data was
counted.

Think you meant COUNTIF.

Biff

=COUNTA([your range],[text you want to count, enclosed in quotation
marks])

Example: =COUNTA(A1:A10000,"this is how you count the frequency of a text
string")

Dave
--
Brevity is the soul of wit.

I import text from various data sources. Is there a function (or if
anyone
has a macro) that will allow me to search the worksheet/workbook for a
specific text and print the number of times that text appears? The text
may
not necessarily be in the same location at all times. It could also be
combined with other text in a cell e.g. "AJAA" or "AJAA text".

As always, your help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks

 

[Guest]

Thanks for your response Dave however, COUNTIF worked better for my needs.

=COUNTA([your range],[text you want to count, enclosed in quotation marks])

Example: =COUNTA(A1:A10000,"this is how you count the frequency of a text
string")

Dave
--
Brevity is the soul of wit.

I import text from various data sources. Is there a function (or if anyone
has a macro) that will allow me to search the worksheet/workbook for a
specific text and print the number of times that text appears? The text may
not necessarily be in the same location at all times. It could also be
combined with other text in a cell e.g. "AJAA" or "AJAA text".

As always, your help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks

 

[Guest]

Yeah I meant COUNTIF. Sorry.
--
Brevity is the soul of wit.

Thanks for your response Dave however, COUNTIF worked better for my needs.

=COUNTA([your range],[text you want to count, enclosed in quotation marks])

Example: =COUNTA(A1:A10000,"this is how you count the frequency of a text
string")

Dave
--
Brevity is the soul of wit.

I import text from various data sources. Is there a function (or if anyone
has a macro) that will allow me to search the worksheet/workbook for a
specific text and print the number of times that text appears? The text may
not necessarily be in the same location at all times. It could also be
combined with other text in a cell e.g. "AJAA" or "AJAA text".

As always, your help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks