Count number of occurrences of value in string

DougStroud

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I have a series of strings that contain colons. I would like to count the number of occurrences of the colon.

in AB10=
Accessories : Accessories : Stickers & Key Chains

Formula yields 1, but looking to return 2.
=COUNT(FIND(":",AB10))
 

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Doug

Try this:
=LEN(AB10)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(AB10,":",""))
 
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=LEN(AB10)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(AB10,":",""),":",""))
 
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Thanks Adamc,
Your formulae works too, but the second substitue function is not required.

cheers
 
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Yep, i realised that as soon as i posted it, it was taken from a formula i already had in one of my workbooks.

All the best
 
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