» Counting the Number of Times a Substring Appears Within a String
CATEGORY - Excel Counting
VERSION - All Microsoft Excel Versions
Counting the number of times each of the substrings listed in column B appears within the corresponding string in column A.
Solution:
Use the LEN and SUBSTITUTE functions as shown in the following formula:
=(LEN(A2)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A2,B2,"")))/LEN(B2)
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