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If I have some text in a cell, how can I find the number of times another piece of text appears in it? For example, suppose A1 contains Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.. pick occurs 2...
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Alexei
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2023-06-22T07:14:29Z (10 months ago)
replaced the example with a less problematic one
- If I have some text in a cell, how can I find the number of times another piece of text appears in it?
For example, suppose `A1` contains `fuzzy wuzzy was a bear`. `zz` occurs 2 times in this string. What formula can I put in `A2` so that it counts the occurrences of `zz` and returns 2?
- If I have some text in a cell, how can I find the number of times another piece of text appears in it?
- For example, suppose `A1` contains `Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.`. `pick` occurs 2 times in this string. What formula can I put in `A2` so that it counts the occurrences of `pick` and returns 2?
#10: Post edited
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matthewsnyder
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2023-06-22T07:12:54Z (10 months ago)
I don't think all the history of the SO question helps and it distracts from the main point. I used a new example in case it's a copyright thing. IMO the new version is much shorter, but asks the same thing.
Count the number of occurrences in a text string
The question about [LibreOffice Calc - Number of occurrences in text string](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/63746604/libreoffice-calc-number-of-occurrences-in-text-string) from [Binz Nakama](https://stackoverflow.com/users/3483815/binz-nakama) at Stack Overflow interested me because of one of the comments posted there:>OK, I think this would require a macro, AFAIK there's no single formula or combination to achieve this.The Comment was from tohuwawohu, the user currently standing at top of the All Time list of Answerers for [libreoffice-calc], the tag applied to the Q.The essence of the Q was:>I'm looking for a formula or combination thereof that can count the number of occurrences/repetitions in a text string.Examples provided in the Q were:>if cell A1 contains "XYZXYZ", I would like to search cell A1 for "XYZ" and have "2" as a resultand, for *If B1 contains "Mary is my friend but Mary doesn't like roses"*:>={find.repetitions}(B1;"Mary") --> 2<sub>Aside: "Tags must have at least one tag" is odd.</sub>
- If I have some text in a cell, how can I find the number of times another piece of text appears in it?
- For example, suppose `A1` contains `fuzzy wuzzy was a bear`. `zz` occurs 2 times in this string. What formula can I put in `A2` so that it counts the occurrences of `zz` and returns 2?
#9: Post edited
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Wicket
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2023-06-20T17:57:31Z (10 months ago)
edited tags
Count the number of occurrences in a text string
The question about [LibreOffice Calc - Number of occurrences in text string](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/63746604/libreoffice-calc-number-of-occurrences-in-text-string) from [Binz Nakama](https://stackoverflow.com/users/3483815/binz-nakama) at Stack Overflow interested me because of one of the comments posted there:
>OK, I think this would require a macro, AFAIK there's no single formula or combination to achieve this.
The Comment was from tohuwawohu, the user currently standing at top of the All Time list of Answerers for [libreoffice-calc], the tag applied to the Q.
The essence of the Q was:
>I'm looking for a formula or combination thereof that can count the number of occurrences/repetitions in a text string.
Examples provided in the Q were:
>if cell A1 contains "XYZXYZ", I would like to search cell A1 for "XYZ" and have "2" as a result
and, for *If B1 contains "Mary is my friend but Mary doesn't like roses"*:
>={find.repetitions}(B1;"Mary") --> 2
<sub>Aside: "Tags must have at least one tag" is odd.</sub>
#8: Post undeleted
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Alexei
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2021-05-26T18:06:11Z (almost 3 years ago)
#7: Post deleted
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pnuts
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2020-12-07T15:34:51Z (over 3 years ago)
#6: Post edited
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Alexei
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2020-10-19T20:44:00Z (over 3 years ago)
made the reference more clear
This [Q](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/63746604/libreoffice-calc-number-of-occurrences-in-text-string) from Binz Nakama at Stack Overflow interested me because of the Comment there:>OK, i think this would require a macro, AFAIK there's no single formula or combination to achieve this.The Comment was from tohuwawohu, the user currently standing top of the All Time list of Answerers for [libreoffice-calc], the tag applied to the Q.- The essence of the Q was:
- >I'm looking for a formula or combination thereof that can count the number of occurrences/repetitions in a text string.
- Examples provided in the Q were:
- >if cell A1 contains "XYZXYZ", I would like to search cell A1 for "XYZ" and have "2" as a result
- and, for *If B1 contains "Mary is my friend but Mary doesn't like roses"*:
- >={find.repetitions}(B1;"Mary") --> 2
- <sub>Aside: "Tags must have at least one tag" is odd.</sub>
- The question about [LibreOffice Calc - Number of occurrences in text string](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/63746604/libreoffice-calc-number-of-occurrences-in-text-string) from [Binz Nakama](https://stackoverflow.com/users/3483815/binz-nakama) at Stack Overflow interested me because of one of the comments posted there:
- >OK, I think this would require a macro, AFAIK there's no single formula or combination to achieve this.
- The Comment was from tohuwawohu, the user currently standing at top of the All Time list of Answerers for [libreoffice-calc], the tag applied to the Q.
- The essence of the Q was:
- >I'm looking for a formula or combination thereof that can count the number of occurrences/repetitions in a text string.
- Examples provided in the Q were:
- >if cell A1 contains "XYZXYZ", I would like to search cell A1 for "XYZ" and have "2" as a result
- and, for *If B1 contains "Mary is my friend but Mary doesn't like roses"*:
- >={find.repetitions}(B1;"Mary") --> 2
- <sub>Aside: "Tags must have at least one tag" is odd.</sub>
#5: Post edited
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pnuts
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2020-09-05T20:07:34Z (over 3 years ago)
#4: Post edited
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pnuts
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2020-09-05T20:06:48Z (over 3 years ago)
#3: Post edited
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pnuts
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2020-09-05T18:06:35Z (over 3 years ago)
- This [Q](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/63746604/libreoffice-calc-number-of-occurrences-in-text-string) from Binz Nakama at Stack Overflow interested me because of the Comment there:
- >OK, i think this would require a macro, AFAIK there's no single formula or combination to achieve this.
- The Comment was from tohuwawohu, the user currently standing top of the All Time list of Answerers for [libreoffice-calc], the tag applied to the Q.
- The essence of the Q was:
- >I'm looking for a formula or combination thereof that can count the number of occurrences/repetitions in a text string.
- Examples provided in the Q were:
- >if cell A1 contains "XYZXYZ", I would like to search cell A1 for "XYZ" and have "2" as a result
and, for "If B1 contains "Mary is my friend but Mary doesn't like roses":- >={find.repetitions}(B1;"Mary") --> 2
- <sub>Aside: "Tags must have at least one tag" is odd.</sub>
- This [Q](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/63746604/libreoffice-calc-number-of-occurrences-in-text-string) from Binz Nakama at Stack Overflow interested me because of the Comment there:
- >OK, i think this would require a macro, AFAIK there's no single formula or combination to achieve this.
- The Comment was from tohuwawohu, the user currently standing top of the All Time list of Answerers for [libreoffice-calc], the tag applied to the Q.
- The essence of the Q was:
- >I'm looking for a formula or combination thereof that can count the number of occurrences/repetitions in a text string.
- Examples provided in the Q were:
- >if cell A1 contains "XYZXYZ", I would like to search cell A1 for "XYZ" and have "2" as a result
- and, for *If B1 contains "Mary is my friend but Mary doesn't like roses"*:
- >={find.repetitions}(B1;"Mary") --> 2
- <sub>Aside: "Tags must have at least one tag" is odd.</sub>
#1: Initial revision
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pnuts
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2020-09-05T12:59:56Z (over 3 years ago)
Count the number of occurrences in a text string
This [Q](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/63746604/libreoffice-calc-number-of-occurrences-in-text-string) from Binz Nakama at Stack Overflow interested me because of the Comment there:
>OK, i think this would require a macro, AFAIK there's no single formula or combination to achieve this.
The Comment was from tohuwawohu, the user currently standing top of the All Time list of Answerers for [libreoffice-calc], the tag applied to the Q.
The essence of the Q was:
>I'm looking for a formula or combination thereof that can count the number of occurrences/repetitions in a text string.
Examples provided in the Q were:
>if cell A1 contains "XYZXYZ", I would like to search cell A1 for "XYZ" and have "2" as a result
and, for "If B1 contains "Mary is my friend but Mary doesn't like roses":
>={find.repetitions}(B1;"Mary") --> 2
<sub>Aside: "Tags must have at least one tag" is odd.</sub>