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Learn how to count occurrences of specific text in a column using the COUNTIF function in Google Sheets, including techniques for wildcard searches.

We're trying to find out how many Andes are in this column. And we'll use equals count if. The range and then we can type in Ande here. There are two. But let's say we're looking for Andy or Andrew. How do we find A and D in any of these? Instead of just Andy, we'll add an asterisk in front of the A, and we'll replace the Y with an asterisk as well. And there we have any name that's A N D. Anders Asks: Can I Highlight Whole Row if Certain Columns have text? How to Find and Replace a Name in Entire Workbook in Google Sheets