By: Shamima Sultana

In reply to Erin.

Hello Erin,

Yes, you can use a formula to count how many times “A” appears in a range of cells. If the values are stored in a range like A1:A20, and each cell may contain multiple letters (e.g., “AB”, “AAB”), you can use this array formula (press Ctrl+Shift+Enter if you’re using an older version of Excel):
=SUM(LEN(A1:A20)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A1:A20,”A”,””)))

This formula calculates how many times “A” appears across the range. It should return 11 if there are exactly 11 “A”s in total.

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