[Year 12 IPM] Excel problem

[Peter Ruwoldt (wrk)]

i do not think that there is a function that will count the number of 
times a particular character appears in a cell which is what I 
understand is the problem.  countif certainly will not do that.  You 
would need to have a working area that broke the cell up into individual 
characters using probably the  mid() function and then use countif to 
tallly the number of times that a particular character appeared in that 
area. 
Peter

Jock Garnsworthy wrote:
> Hi all, 
>
> I wish to count the number of entries that meet two conditions.
> Eg: Count how many times "R" appears in column A in the same row  as "F" appears in column B.
>
> I have tried to use the logical function "and" in conjunction with "countif" but can't seem to make it work.
>
> Anyone have a solution?
>
> ---
> Cheers
>
> Jock
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