Text Sum

[Guest]

I need code or a formula to return the amount of times text was found in a
range of cells. The problem is the data in the sheet is inconsistent for
example: StayInSchool, SchoolInitiative, SchoolsagainstDropout, etc. I need
to calculate the amount of times "schoo" or school" is shown in the specified
range. I need to be able to use a contains formula or string instead of <> or
equal to. Because this data comes from several markets, their naming
convention is not uniform. Another option would be Access (or another
application) if you can provide something I can throw into the Builder in
Access that would help also.

 

[JulieD]

Hi

you can use the COUNTIF function for this
e.g.
=COUNTIF(A1:A10,"*school*")

however, i would also love to know what you mean by the "throw into the
Builder in Access" ...

Cheers
JulieD

 

[Guest]

Try

=COUNTIF(A1:A100,"*School*")

Regards
Rowan

 

[Mike Fogleman]

I believe he is referring to the Query builder in Access. Maybe thinking
about moving the data to Access, build a query to do the text count, and
then bring the query results back to Excel?
Mike F

 

[Guest]

Thanks all for your response. I was there and tried it but the manager kept
insisting on this complex statement that didn't achieve the required result.
I only need to write 3 separate statements and this is simple and gets the
job done. Thanks Alot!!!!!!