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COUNTIF not exact match

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    COUNTIF not exact match

    Column "G" contains a list of names most of which are more than one word. The formula


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    works if H9 contains an exact match. I am looking to be able to find all instances of a word in the list, ie. if the list contains cells with team red and another cell contains team green, I want to find all instances of red or green by entering the word red or green in cell "H9".


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    Last edited by Jogier505; 06-02-2010 at 08:42 PM.

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    Re: COUNTIF not exact match

    =COUNTIF(Summary!$G:$G,"*"&H9&"*")

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    Re: COUNTIF not exact match

    pb71,


    Thank you very much. That appears to do the trick.



    Jim O

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