Please help!! Countif formula doesnn't work with text format

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shirley_kee

Data is as follows:
A1 099
A2 99
A3 099
A4 99

The cells are all formatted as TEXT

In A5 is a formula =COUNTIF(A1:A4, A1)
The result incorrectly calculates to 4 not 2 which is what I woul
rather see.
Has anybody experienced this anomoly and how do I force COUNTIF t
evaluate the "literal text cell values" rather than a "numeri
conversion of the cell values" which appears to be happening
 
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