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Asked: 2026-06-11T00:06:27+00:00

Would any body be able to advise me on the correct syntax for using

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Would any body be able to advise me on the correct syntax for using the COUNTIF and MID functions simultaneously in Excel. My current attempt is as follows:

=COUNTIF(MID(A1:A6,1,1),"1")

I’m attempting to count the number of strings in a list with integer 1 as the first character.

Any help offered would be greatly appreciated.

Thanking you in advance,

Jared.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Try this

    =COUNTIF(A1:A6,"1*")

    or if you are using excel 2007 or later

    =COUNTIFS(A1:A6,"1*")

    Note that this will match strings but not numbers

    Update:

    to count strings beginning with integers >1 try

    =COUNTIFS(A1:A6,"2*")+COUNTIFS(A1:A6,"3*")+COUNTIFS(A1:A6,"4*")+COUNTIFS(A1:A6,"5*")+COUNTIFS(A1:A6,"6*")+COUNTIFS(A1:A6,"7*")+COUNTIFS(A1:A6,"8*")+COUNTIFS(A1:A6,"9*")

    A bit clunky I know, but it’s all I can think of for now

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