November 19, 200619 yr Is there some kind of computer program that can count how many times something appears. Like, let's say I was conducting some kind of electronic survey, and had the choices be letters or numbers, and I just wanted to copy and paste them all into one document and have something count how many times they appear. Make any sense?
November 19, 200619 yr Not quite sure what you mean, but if it's a document on the internet, you can always put a hit counter on it.
November 19, 200619 yr A poll? Or are these letters and numbers appearing randomly and you want to count how many times they appear? Edited November 19, 200619 yr by BobDylan
November 19, 200619 yr Author QUOTE(BobDylan @ Nov 18, 2006 -> 11:56 PM) Or are these letters and numbers appearing randomly and you want to count how many times they appear? Yes
November 19, 200619 yr QUOTE(greasywheels121 @ Nov 18, 2006 -> 11:58 PM) Excel. Ding CELL B1=IF(A1="X", 1, 0) This formula will print a 1 in cell B1 if cell A1 contains only the character X. If there is anything in the cell other than just the character X, a 0 will be printed in cell B1. Just paste your sample into Excel and do something of this sort.
November 19, 200619 yr QUOTE(3 BeWareTheNewSox 5 @ Nov 19, 2006 -> 12:35 AM) Yes Are you doing it on the web? Otherwise Excel is probably the choice of program.
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