Range.Calculate always calculates DATEVALUE using MMDDYY format, and does not calculate conditional formats. Although Excel 2000 SR1 is documented as containing a fix for Range Calculate it still works the same way as above. In Automatic Mode: Range Calculate triggers an an automatic recalculation but does not itself explicitly calculate the. Working with ranges in Excel is a fast and simple way to identify, define, or refer to a single cell, a range (or group) of cells, a specific or constant value, or a formula.
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Summary
This article contains and describes formulas that calculate the following:
- The number of occurrences of a text string in a range of cells.
- The number of occurrences of a character in one cell.
- The number of occurrences of a character in a range of cells.
- The number of words (or text strings) separated by a character in a cell.
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Formula to Count the Number of Occurrences of a Text String in a Range
=SUM(LEN(range)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(range,'text',')))/LEN('text')
Where range is the cell range in question and 'text' is replaced by the specific text string that you want to count.
Note
The above formula must be entered as an array formula. To enter a formula as an array in Excel for Windows, press CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER. To enter a formula as an array in Excel for Macintosh, press COMMAND+RETURN.
How To Calculate Range Using Excel
The formula must be divided by the length of the text string because the sum of the character length of the range is decreased by a multiple of each occurrence of the text string. This formula can replace all later formulas in this article except the formula to count the number of words in a cell.
Example 1: Counting the Number of Occurrences of a Text String in a Range
Start Excel, and then open a new workbook.
Type the following on sheet1:
The value of cell A8 is 4 because the text 'apple' appears four times in the range.
Formula to Count the Number of Occurrences of a Single Character in One Cell
=LEN(cell_ref)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(cell_ref,'a','))
Where cell_ref is the cell reference, and 'a' is replaced by the character you want to count.
Note
This formula does not need to be entered as an array formula.
Example 2: Counting the Number of Occurrences of a Character in One Cell
Use the same data from the preceding example; assuming you want to count the number of occurrences of the character 'p' in A7. Type the following formula in cell A9:
A9: =LEN(A7)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A7,'p','))
The value of cell A9 is 3 because the character 'p' appears three times in A7.
Formula to Count the Number of Occurrences of a Single Character in a Range
=SUM(LEN(range)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(range,'a',')))
Where range is the cell range in question, and 'a' is replaced by the character you want to count.
Note
The above formula must be entered as an array formula. To enter a formula as an array formula in Excel, press CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER.
Example 3: Counting the Number of Occurrences of a Character in a Range
Use the same data from the preceding example; assuming you want to count the number of occurrences or the character 'p' in A2:A7. Type the following formula in cell A10:
A10: =SUM(LEN(A2:A7)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A2:A7,'p',')))
Note
The above formula must be entered as an array formula. To enter a formula as an array formula in Excel, press CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER.
The value of cell A10 is 11 because the character 'p' appears 11 times in A2:A7.
Formula to Count the Number of Words Separated by a Character in a Cell
=IF(LEN(TRIM(cell_ref))=0,0,LEN(cell_ref)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(cell_ref,char,'))+1)
Where cell_ref is the cell reference, and char is the character separating the words.
Note
There are no spaces in the above formula; multiple lines are used only to fit the formula into this document. Do not include any spaces when you type it into the cell. This formula does not need to be entered as an array formula.
Example 4: Counting the Number of Words Separated by a Space in a Cell
To count the number of words in a cell where the words are separated by a space character, follow these steps:
Start Excel, and then open a new workbook.
Type the following on sheet1:
The formula in cell A2 returns a value of 4 to reflect that the string contains four words separated by spaces. If words are separated by multiple spaces or if words start or end in a space, it does not matter. The TRIM function removes extra space characters and starting and ending space characters in the text of the cell.
In Excel, you can also use a macro to count the occurrences of a specific character in a cell, or range of cells.
References
For additional information about counting occurrences of text, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
89794 How to use Visual Basic for Applications to count the occurrences of a character in a selection in Excel
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How To Calculate Range In Excel
Summary
The following Microsoft Excel formula performs linear interpolation by calculating the interpolation step value:
=(end-start)/(ROW(end)-ROW(start))
where end is the cell address of the larger number, and start is the cell address of the smaller number.
Interpolation is a method used to determine a present or future value factor when the exact factor does not appear in either a present or future value table. Interpolation assumes that the change between two values is linear and that the margin of error is insignificant.
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To create a sample linear interpolation formula, follow these steps:
Type the following values in a worksheet:
Select cells A2:A6. On the Edit menu, point to Fill, and then click Down. The formula is filled down, and the following values are displayed in cells A2:A6:
Note
You must type the reference to the step value in cell B1 as an absolute reference (with dollar signs).