How can I caculate text in a column?

[Guest]

I have columns where I have used X's as tick marks. X=1, XX=2, XXX=3, etc.
Can these be added up like #'s in the column?

 

[Don Guillett]

try
=countif(a:a,"x")

 

[Guest]

You can use the length function to determine the number of characters in the
cell and then sum those values.

The formula below sums the length of the value in A2, to the lengths of the
value in A3 and so on.

=SUM(LEN(A2),LEN(A3),LEN(A4),LEN(A5))

 

[Guest]

Something like?

=countif(A1:A100,"=X")

=countif(A1:A100,"=XX")*2

etc

HTH

 

[Guest]

=COUNTIF(A:A,"x")+COUNTIF(A:A,"xx")*2+COUNTIF(A:A,"xxx")*3

Vaya con Dios,
Chuck, CABGx3

 

[Don Guillett]

Actually, this is probably what you wanted.

=SUMPRODUCT(--(LEN(H2:H50)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(H2:H50,"x",""))))