counting a certain character

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James

I have a cell with this the following data in it:
0800_______________________ 00000001 00005212 00012312

I would like to count the number of "_" in the cell. I have tried the
countif(A1,"*_*") but I only get a return of 1 count. I would like to know
how many of the "_" there are in the cell.

Thanks for the help.
 
It works and I was able to go through my 30,000 row spreadsheet and easily
see that there are difference with all the "_". It helped a great deal.
 
Your welcome

James said:
It works and I was able to go through my 30,000 row spreadsheet and easily
see that there are difference with all the "_". It helped a great deal.
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