Count cells that begin or end with specific text
This article is going to show you how to count cells that begin or end with specific text in a range in Excel with the COUNTIF function.
Count cells that begin with specific text in a certain range
Count cells that end with specific text in a certain range
The following formula can be used to deal with the two situations mentioned in this tutorial.
Generic Formula
=COUNTIF(range, criteria)
Arguments
Range (required): The range from which you want to count cells that begin or end with specific text;
Criteria (required): The text string you look for.
Count cells that begin with specific text in a certain range
The COUNTIF formula can help to easily count the number of cells that begin with specific text in a certain rang in Excel.
1. Select a blank cell to output the result.
2. Enter the below formula into it and press the Enter key. Select the result cell, and then drag the Fill Handle over the below cells to get the results for other criteria.
=COUNTIF($B$3:$B$9,D3)
Count cells that end with specific text in a certain range
Supposing you want to separately count the number of cells that end with character J or M in range B3:B9 as the below screenshot shown, you can do as follows.
1. Select a blank cell (E3 in this case) to place the result.
2. Enter the below formula into it and press the Enter key. Select this result cell and then drag its AutoFill Handle across the below cell to apply the formula.
=COUNTIF($B$3:$B$9,D3)
Now the number of cells that ends with specified character have been calculated as the above screenshot shown.
Notes:
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