Hi James

=COUNTIF(A1:A100,"*auto*")

Cheers
JulieD

"James" wrote in message
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Hi everyone,

I have a question regarding the COUNTIF function.

How do I use this function to count the number of times a
record appears when I only enter a portion of the search
data.

eg. I have a column of data that, among other things,
contains text as "anautoalert". How do I write the
COUNTIF to simply count the number of times that "auto"
appears?

Thanks!