The tutorial shows how to count number of cells with certain text in Excel. You will find formula examples for exact match, partial match and filtered cells. Last week we looked athow to count cells with text in Excel, meaning all cells with any text. When analyzing large chunks of inform...
Count if cell contains specific text To count cells that contain specific text, use a simple COUNTIF formula like shown below, whererangeis the cells to check andtextis the text string to search for or a reference to the cell containing the text string. COUNTIF(range,"text") For example,...
Now that we have a clearer understanding of the COUNTIF function, let’s move forward to some real examples.COUNTIF function for blank or non-blank cells For example, I have a list of cells that contains different data types, such as text, Boolean values (TRUE and FA...
If Range of Cells Contains Text = If (COUNTIF(A2:A21, *Region 1d*)>0), then *Region 1d*), Range Contains Text, and Text Not Found in the Given Range will be displayed.We can search a set of cells for the strings. The formula to determine whether a range of cells contains te...
Method 1 – Using the COUNTIF Function to Count If a Cell Contains Any Text in Excel Steps: Select Cell D17 to store the count result. Insert the following function: =COUNTIF(C5:C14, "*") Hit Enter. ␥Formula Breakdown General Structure: =COUNTIF(range,criteria) ...
Method 6 – Joining ISNUMBER and SEARCH Functions to Check If a Cell Contains Specific Text in Excel (Case-Insensitive) Use the formula given below in theF5cell. =ISNUMBER(SEARCH(E5,B5:B14)) Hit Enter and AutoFill. Method 7 – Joining SUMPRODUCT and COUNTIF Functions to Search for a Speci...
Text The criterion type can be related to containing certain text, such as the name of a person, city, country, etc. Date The criterion type could be related to specific dates, where the function count the entries based on the logical operator. Blank Cells The double quote (””) counts...
Help! I need excel to give me a record count if the cell contains certain words Hey Everyone, I need excel to tell me how many records contain a certain value in column using a formula, then be able to sort by another value. For example: I need to know how many ti...
Counting Occurrences of Specific Text with COUNTIF Function Above I’ve shown various ways to see if a certain text string was contained in my Queries column. However, if you remember my initial scenario, I wanted to know the frequency of each verb. My hypothesis was people didn’t use “...
Count Unique Text Values in Excel In some cases, you might need to work with data that contains text values. If you want to follow the sum of unique text values in a given dataset, then you can use the formula discussed above with some changes. ...