Count the words in a cell

[Elton Law]

Dear exper
A cell contains a lot of information.
Is it possible to count certan word in a cell please?

Say A1 contains a series of text ....

1. Daily Swing even though Sto is hit high or low
2. Look at Chart pattern
3. Stop at dangerous level

How can I count number of "O" in the cell A1 please?

Thanks
Elton

 

[T. Valko]

Try this...

=LEN(A1)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(UPPER(A1),UPPER("O"),""))

Note that SUBSTITUTE is case sensitive.

 

[Tom Hutchins]

=LEN(A1)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A1,"o",""))

It's case sensitive, so if you all "O" or "o", repeat the whole formula
substituting the other case and add the two results:
=(LEN(A1)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A1,"o","")))+(LEN(A1)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A1,"O","")))

Hope this helps,

Hutch

 

[Lars-Åke Aspelin]

Dear exper
A cell contains a lot of information.
Is it possible to count certan word in a cell please?

Say A1 contains a series of text ....

1. Daily Swing even though Sto is hit high or low
2. Look at Chart pattern
3. Stop at dangerous level

How can I count number of "O" in the cell A1 please?

Thanks
Elton

Try the following formula:

=SUMPRODUCT(--(MID(A1,ROW(1:999),1)="o"))

The 999 in the formula should be any number not less than the number
of characters in the text.
With the given example text, the returned value is 8.

Hope this helps / Lars-Åke

 

[Bernd P]

Try this...

=LEN(A1)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(UPPER(A1),UPPER("O"),""))

Note that SUBSTITUTE is case sensitive.

Hi Biff,

I like that UPPER("O") part

Have fun,
Bernd

 

[Lars-Åke Aspelin]

Hi Biff,

I like that UPPER("O") part

Have fun,
Bernd

To be really sure, make it TRIM(LEFT(UPPER("O")))

Lars-Åke

 

[T. Valko]

I like that UPPER("O") part

So then you know why it's there?

 

[Bernd P]

To be really sure, make it TRIM(LEFT(UPPER("O")))  

Lars-Åke

Takk, Lars!



Regards,
Bernd

 

[T. Valko]

To be really sure, make it TRIM(LEFT(UPPER("O")))

To be really super-duper extra sure you might want to use:

CLEAN(TRIM(PROPER(LEFT(UPPER(CHAR(79)),1))))