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» Counting how many times specific character appears in cell in Microsoft Excel

CATEGORY - Excel Text , Counting VERSION - All Microsoft Excel Versions 

Text in cell A1:	       Are you going to Disney ?
 
The Character:            o in cell A2

The Function:             =LEN(A1)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A1,A2,""))

Result:                   3


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Bashir Mukaddam  Posted on: 31-12-1969
This is the tip I was looking for years. Now, it becomes very easy to count characters. Great tip!!!
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