» Counting the Number of Times a Substring Appears Within a String
CATEGORY: Excel Counting |
VERSIONS: All Microsoft Excel Versions |
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Problem: 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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