Hi,
I cannot get Countif to return the number of periods in cell A1
(formatted as text) : "1.1.1.1"
Thanks for your help
Cheers
Carim
Bob Phillips - 24 Jan 2006 10:40 GMT
=LEN(A1)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A1),".","")
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HTH
Bob Phillips
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> Hi,
>
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> Cheers
> Carim
Carim - 24 Jan 2006 11:11 GMT
Hi Bob,
Thanks a lot ... our messages crossed ...
Regards
Carim
Carim - 24 Jan 2006 11:01 GMT
As usual ... thanks to Tom O ...
found the answer :
=LEN(A1)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A1,".",""))