Thread: [Solved] count w and write into another column in excel
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Old 10-04-2012, 09:19 PM
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You can do this with a forumula:
=(LEN(B2)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(B2,"1w","")))*1+(LEN(B2)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(B2,"2w","")))*2+(LEN(B2)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(B2,"3w","")))*3+(LEN(B2)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(B2,"4w","")))*4+(LEN(B2)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(B2,"5w","")))*5+(LEN(B2)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(B2,"6w","")))*6+(LEN(B2)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(B2,"7w","")))*7+(LEN(B2)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(B2,"8w","")))*8
where the data are in B2.

The above formula caters for up to 8w - you can add more expressions if you need.

Note that I haven't bothered adding the 'w' to the formula results. You could do that with a custom number format (0w).
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