Formula to count instances of a word

mjensen · 11/28/18

I have a sheet that is referencing another sheet to provide counts on instances of certain values in different columns.

What I'm stuck on is counting how many times a single word is used if other text is in the same cell.

For example if I have a column call Fruit and I want to know how many cells contain the word "apple" or "orange" but the cells might have red apple, green apple, granny smith apple, etc... I just want to know how many apples there are without having to have a formula for every variety of apple.

Andrée Starå · 11/29/18

Hi,

Try this.

This formula will count all cells containing the word "Apple"

=COUNTIF(Fruit:Fruit; FIND("Apple"; @cell) > 0)

The same version but with the below changes for your and others convenience.

=COUNTIF(Fruit:Fruit, FIND("Apple", @cell) > 0)

Depending on your country you’ll need to exchange the comma to a period and the semi-colon to a comma.

I hope this helps you!

Have a fantastic week!

Best,

Andrée Starå

Workflow Consultant @ Get Done Consulting

mjensen · 11/29/18

That worked, thank you so much!

Andrée Starå · 11/29/18

Great!

Happy to help!

Best,

Andrée

Formula to count instances of a word

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