I am trying to count the occurrences of certain character within a range. I.E. If I have several cells with words in them I want to count the number of times Capital letter "A" appears.
The most common answer I find (even on this site) is
=SUM(LEN(F59:F73)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(F59:F73,"A","")))
This particular formula only seems to count the first cell in the range and no others. Why is this happening when it seems to be quite the universal answer?
You either need to array enter the formula using Ctrl Shift Enter, or change the SUM to be a SUMPRODUCT to force array calculation without having to array enter the formula:
=SUMPRODUCT(LEN(F59:F73)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(F59:F73,"A","")))
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I have a long dataset of increasing and decreasing values and I am trying to find the length of the longest sequence of values which increase one after the other.
I know this is easily done with a helper column however I am hoping there is a formula which can do it by itself.
TIA
Consider the array formula:
=MAX(FREQUENCY(IF(A1:A99<A2:A100,ROW(A1:A99)),IF(A1:A99>A2:A100,IF(A1:A99<>A2:A100,ROW(A1:A99)))))+1
Array formulas must be entered with Ctrl + Shift + Enter rather than just the Enter key. If this is done correctly, the formula will appear with curly braces around it in the Formula Bar.
NOTE:
I would always use a "helper" column for this kind of task rather than this array formula.
I wish to count the number of " #Div/0" occurrence in excel, where 1/0 results in "#Div/0" value in excel, may I know anyone has experience how to count the number of it?
Thanks.
You can use the ERROR.TYPE function.
For example, the following array-formula, will count the number of #DIV/0! errors in the range D1:D10.
=SUM(IFERROR(IF(ERROR.TYPE(D1:D10)=2,1,0),0))
An array formula must be entered by holding down ctrl + shift while hitting enter. If you do this correctly, Excel will place braces {...} around the formula seen in the formula bar.
Here is an example showing that #DIV/0, when entered as text, is not counted. Note the two changes in D9:D10. One was entered directly and became an error, the other was entered as a text string. Note also the formulas adjacent to D9:D10 indicating text vs error
Use COUNTIF. For example, if you wanted a count of #DIV/0! in the first 10 cells of column A you could use this:
=COUNTIF(A1:A10, "#DIV/0!")
I have one cell containing several lines, including numbers inside brackets, which I want to sum-up with a single Excel formula (no VBA).
The following approach already works for single bracket:
https://exceljet.net/formula/extract-text-between-parentheses
But I need extended approach... here an example for the content of one single Excel cell to which I search for an formula, which should result in sum of "8":
The task requires following effort (incl. documentation)
- create plan (2h)
- execute test (14h)
- write report (draft) (2h)
Possible approach: The formula should search for all numbers inside the mask <"(" x "h)">, where x must be summed-up.
UPDATE: The formula should also work with numbers >=10.
UPDATE2: It should also work in case there are other comments in brackets, also after presence of first (xh) number. See "(draft)" in example, last row.
Borrow the formula from this post #6 (https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/excel-questions/362184-extracting-multiple-numbers-string.html) and modified to fit your need (single cell formula). Assuming you are going to enter the formula in cell B1:
{=SUM(VALUE(MID(0&A1,LARGE(ISNUMBER(--MID(A1,ROW(INDIRECT("1:"&LEN(A1))),1))*ROW(INDIRECT("1:"&LEN(A1))),ROW(INDIRECT("1:"&LEN(A1))))+1,1)))}
Basically this is to assign each character with its index and then get the numeric value to sum up. Please note this is an array formula. Please click Ctrl + Shift + Enter together.
REVISED:
Here is the array formula (click Ctrl + Shift + Enter together) to extract two-digit numbers:
{=SUMPRODUCT(IFERROR(0+("0"&TRIM(MID(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(LOWER(MID(A1,SEARCH("h)",A1)-4,LEN(A1))),"h",""),")","("),"(",REPT(" ",1000)),ROW(INDIRECT("1:20"))*2*1000-999,1000))),0))}
What this does is to massage the text first by removing unnecessary content, remove h wording and convert ) to 999 blanks. Then you can extract numbers and add up. IFERROR will made the anything not numbers to 0. Hope this can solve your problem.
I appreciate that this is not in any way elegant, however it is working. I do not have time to run through the logic here right now (might edit it in later though) but essentially it is a load of search index logic.
I have Used 5 columns for each formula which assumes a maximum of 5 values but you can adjust this as needed by dragging the formula over more columns as it will begin looking for the next "(?h)" after the previous column's found value.
Red cell formula: =SEARCH("(?h)",$A1)&" - "&SEARCH("h)",$A1)
Orange cell formula: =SEARCH("(?h)",$A1,MID(B1,SEARCH("- ",B1)+2,LEN(B1)-(SEARCH("- ",B1)+1))*1)&" - "&SEARCH("h)",$A1,MID(B1,SEARCH("- ",B1)+2,LEN(B1)-(SEARCH("- ",B1)+1))+1)
Yellow cell formula: =MID($A1,LEFT(B1,SEARCH(" - ",B1))+1,((MID(B1,SEARCH("- ",B1)+2,LEN(B1)-(SEARCH("- ",B1)))*1)-(LEFT(B1,SEARCH(" - ",B1))*1))-1)*1
Green cell formula: =SUMIF(G1:K1,">="&0)
I'm trying to find a way to get the max number of characters after the decimal place in a given column. For example
I found this to get the max length in a column (using ctrl+shift+enter):
=MAX(LEN(A1:A5))
And this formula to get the number of characters after the decimal for a single cell:
=LEN(A1)-FIND(".",A1)
But I need to combine the two into a single formula so that I don't need another column of data. Is this possible without VBA?
Edit, one example I might encounter would be 99.999 vs 100.12 that I'd need to differentiate between and result in a length of 3 characters after the decimal.
If any of your data is the result of formulas, you may have some surprising results and need to use VBA. Otherwise, so long as the format is General, you can use
=MAX(LEN(A1:A5)-FIND(".",A1:A5&"."),0)
confirmed by holding down ctrl+shift while hitting enter
You can use Array Formulas in conjunction with some of your original suggestions to accomplish this. The formula in the example you provided would be:
{=MAX(IFERROR(LEN(B1:B3)-FIND(".",B1:B3),0))}
Some notes:
The "IFERROR" function is used to return a 0 to the MAX function if the "." is not found in the string
Array formulas can be entered into excel by entering the text "=MAX(IFERROR(LEN(B1:B3)-FIND(".",B1:B3),0))" into the formula bar and pressing ctrl+shift+enter (at which point the curly brackets will appear)
Applying this formula should yeild the following results for your sample inputs:
Sample Results
I have a table of my workdays and I want to count instances of word 'work' in each row.
I have a table like this:
I used this code in J1 cell but it doesn't work.
=SUM(IF(2:2 = "Sleep",1,0))
I have found this formula in microsoft's website but it doesn't work.
What is causing this problem?
You need to use the COUNTIF function.
=COUNTIF(C2:I2,"Sleep")
This goes in Cell J2
From Excel's Help
The COUNTIF function counts the number of cells within a range that meet a single criterion that you specify. For example, you can count all the cells that start with a certain letter, or you can count all the cells that contain a number that is larger or smaller than a number you specify.
When in doubt, press the magic button F1 in Excel. :)
Just came across a similar thing in a worksheet and came to google before I remembered why it didn't work.
The countif statement above is perfectly fine, however the original formula given wouldn't have worked as to use a sum in this way means you have to make it an array or CSE Formula instead.
So, if you come across this, click in the formula bar and press ctrl + shift + enter and it should sort the whole thing out.