Help: Sum characters in a range

[DougStroud]

I would like to sum three unique characters in a range: D1-D70. The characters are *,+,-

Thanks....

Doug

 

[DougStroud]

Thank you!

	C	D
+
*
-
+
+
*
-

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[jtakw]

Hi,

The COUNTIF version for * in post # 7 can be this:

=COUNTIF(D1:D70,"*~**")