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Suppose you want to find out how many times particular text or a number value occurs in a
range of cells. For example:

If a range, such as A2:D20, contains the number values 5, 6, 7, and 6, then the number 6
occurs two times.

If a column contains "Buchanan", "Dodsworth", "Dodsworth", and "Dodsworth", then

"Dodsworth" occurs three times.

There are several ways to count how often a value occurs.

Count how often a single value occurs by using the COUNTIF function

Use the COUNTIF function to count how many times a particular value appears in a range
of cells.

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