I want to use the value in another cell to find the number of times it occurs in a range of cells. This is an example of the search.

=COUNTIF(Sheet1!B1:C5,ISNUMBER(SEARCH("string",SHE ET1!B1:C5)))



I want to look for "string" in range B1:C5 in SHEET1, and count the number of occurances.

This works if I type in "string." However, I want the expression to use the value column A of SHEET2 and put the resulting count in column B SHEET2. So, B1 would have the count of A1 in range SHEET1!B1:C5, and B2 would have the count of A2 in range SHEET1!B1:C5, and so on down the column. So, how do I stick the string that is in A as an expression in the column B?

I hope this is clear.

Could you please post a sample sheet showing expected results?

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The attached file has three formulae in SHEET1. SHEET2 has a list of ingredients in column A. I want to look in the formulae in SHEET1 for the value in that is in column A of SHEET2 and place the number of occurances in column B in sheet two. So, the expression in the cell SHEET2!B1 should contain the number of times "EPA" shows up in SHEET1. I can't figure out how to write an expression that will take the string in column A and use it for the search, rather than me typing it in.

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On Sheet2 try in cell B2 enter the formula and copy it down

Thanks, but I think I oversimplified my example. I want to look for that string, not the necessarily the whole word. Let's assume I want to look for "EP" instead of "EPA".

Try in B2

It doesn't like this command. When I select "OK", it highlights "$C$6". (Please see attached image)

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