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    Counting names inside cells

    Hello everybody,

    Is there a particular function which will allow me to count particular names inside cells, e.g, in cell A1 there are three names(Ben, Jack, Tom), cell B1 (Jane, Tom, Andy). I'm looking for a formula which will count the number of occurrences of Tom in cells A1 and B1.

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    Alya
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    Re: Counting names inside cells

    Hello.

    Try

    =COUNTIF(A1:B1,"*tom*")
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    Re: Counting names inside cells

    Thanks a lot Fotis 1991. The function works like magic. grateful to you.

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    Re: Counting names inside cells

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