Countif and Multi line cell

DanielGD

Column 1: Status

Column2: Count

Column 1: test

Column 2: =COUNTIF([BOP Status]@row, "test")

Result = 1

Column 1: 2 lines. (1st line "test" , then Alt-enter, then "found in a test"

Column 2: =COUNTIF([BOP Status]@row, "test")

Result =0

Is there something about using Alt-Enter that causes this issue? is there a work-around?

Thanks

Kelly Moore

Hey @DanielGD

It's not necessarily that the Alt-Enter is causing the problem - it's that you're trying to count multiple occurrences in a text string.

There is a work-around

=(LEN([Column 1]@row) - LEN(SUBSTITUTE([Column 1]@row, "test", ""))) / LEN("test")

This is looking at the length (number of characters) of the entire string, subtracts the non "test" characters, which means what is left should be a string length in multiples of the word "test". By dividing by the test length we can see how many multiples were in the original string.

Does this work for you?

Kelly