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Example 3

Let’s see how wildcards can be used with COUNTIF function. Suppose we

employ several project managers who handle different projects. We wish to

know how many projects are being handled by a particular manager. In such

scenario, we can use the COUNTIF function.

We are given the following data:

The name of Project Manager William Shakespeare is written in several ways.

So we would enter “*William*” as the search criteria =COUNTIF(C5:C12,

“*William*”).

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