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COUNT CHARS IN CELL 1

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Rofeu

Rofeu

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Apr 13, 2005
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Hello,

in Excel is there a way to return the number of instances a character is present within a cell?

i.e. how many comma's are in a cell.

thanx for any suggestions.

Cheers,

Roel
 
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Hmm, actually thought of the answer as I was submitting that post:

=LEN(RC[-2])-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(RC[-2],",",""))

Cheers,

Roel
 
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Good job for finding the answer and thanks for posting the solution for everyones benefit! :)

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