3 BeWareTheNewSox 5 Posted November 19, 2006 Share Posted November 19, 2006 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxFan1 Posted November 19, 2006 Share Posted November 19, 2006 Not quite sure what you mean, but if it's a document on the internet, you can always put a hit counter on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobDylan Posted November 19, 2006 Share Posted November 19, 2006 (edited) A poll? Or are these letters and numbers appearing randomly and you want to count how many times they appear? Edited November 19, 2006 by BobDylan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greasywheels121 Posted November 19, 2006 Share Posted November 19, 2006 Excel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3 BeWareTheNewSox 5 Posted November 19, 2006 Author Share Posted November 19, 2006 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3E8 Posted November 19, 2006 Share Posted November 19, 2006 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobDylan Posted November 19, 2006 Share Posted November 19, 2006 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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