COUNT, Contains, Distinct

Jennifer Lenander

I need a formula that will count the total locations in one column that are distinct. However, the column sometimes includes several locations, separated by a comma (the data pulls into this column with a join(collect). I'm guessing I need to use "contains" or "has" but I'm just not sure of the right syntax. Anyone have any brilliant ideas? Also, i only want to count distinct locations.

Paul Newcome

Here is my suggestion...

Insert a multi-select dropdown with this column formula in it...

=SUBSTITUTE(Locations@row, ", ", CHAR(10))

Then in another multi-select dropdown enter

=JOIN([Location helper]:[Location Helper], CHAR(10))

You should now have a list of unique locations (multi-select doesn't allow duplicate entries), and you can use a COUNTM on the cell.

Paul Newcome

Here is my suggestion...

Insert a multi-select dropdown with this column formula in it...

=SUBSTITUTE(Locations@row, ", ", CHAR(10))

Then in another multi-select dropdown enter

=JOIN([Location helper]:[Location Helper], CHAR(10))

You should now have a list of unique locations (multi-select doesn't allow duplicate entries), and you can use a COUNTM on the cell.

Jennifer Lenander

Thank you so much, this is perfect!

Paul Newcome

Happy to help. 👍️