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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>

Suggested over 1 year ago by Wicket‭