How do I count the number of cells that contain the string “A*” – without treating the star as a wildcard character?
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How do I count the number of cells that contain the string “A*” – without treating the star as a wildcard character?
Quoted directly from Excel help documents:
“If you want to find an actual question mark or asterisk, type a tilde (~) before the character.”
COUNTIF(A1:A4,”A~*”)