Need Formula Help

[jbales]

I need to find out how many times the word "Bales" appears in a column of cells. I'm using the formula:
=COUNTIF(B2:B127,"*Bales*")>0 but my answer is always true or false, not the acutal number. HELP!!!

Thanks!

[OnErrorGoto0]

Remove the >0 from the end.

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[jbales]

Thanks OnErrorGoto0 It worked!!!

Jon

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