Sum frequency based on adjacent cell with separated by comma

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DeanA1712

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Hi Guys,

I download an excel file of survey answers on a monthly basis for a report.
Each line item is an unique entry.

For a particular questions (multiple select): example: Which fruits do you eat: A / B / C
It puts all the answers into 1 cell separated by commas. Example "A, C" or "A" or "A, B, C".

When I pivot and sum the frequency, it shows the it based on: "A, C" or "A" or "A, B, C".

Question: How can i sum the frequency based on the individual option:
A: 7
B: 11
C: 11

From:
[TABLE="class: grid, width: 500, align: center"]
<TBODY>[TR]
[TD]Fields[/TD]
[TD]frequency[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]A[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]A, B[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]A, B, C[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]A, C[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]B[/TD]
[TD]5[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]B, C[/TD]
[TD]6[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]C[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[/TR]
</TBODY>[/TABLE]


Caveat: there are more than 3 types of fields (A, B and C), they are text, some quite long.
Thank you for your time, i hope i was clear.

Cheers,
Dean
 
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DeanA1712 said:
Hi Guys,

I download an excel file of survey answers on a monthly basis for a report.
Each line item is an unique entry.

For a particular questions (multiple select): example: Which fruits do you eat: A / B / C
It puts all the answers into 1 cell separated by commas. Example "A, C" or "A" or "A, B, C".

When I pivot and sum the frequency, it shows the it based on: "A, C" or "A" or "A, B, C".

Question: How can i sum the frequency based on the individual option:
A: 7
B: 11
C: 11

From:
[TABLE="class: grid, width: 500, align: center"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD]Fields
[/TD]
[TD]frequency
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]A
[/TD]
[TD]1
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]A, B
[/TD]
[TD]2
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]A, B, C
[/TD]
[TD]3
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]A, C
[/TD]
[TD]1
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]B
[/TD]
[TD]5
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]B, C
[/TD]
[TD]6
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]C
[/TD]
[TD]1
[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]


Caveat: there are more than 3 types of fields (A, B and C), they are text, some quite long.
Thank you for your time, i hope i was clear.

Cheers,
Dean
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[TABLE="width: 411"]
<colgroup><col style="width: 48pt;" width="64"> <col style="width: 75pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 3555;" width="100"> <col style="width: 48pt;" span="6" width="64"> <tbody>[TR]
[TD="class: xl63, width: 64, bgcolor: white"]Fields[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63, width: 100, bgcolor: white"]frequency[/TD]
[TD="class: xl64, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent"] [/TD]
[TD="class: xl64, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent"] [/TD]
[TD="class: xl64, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent"] [/TD]
[TD="class: xl64, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent"] [/TD]
[TD="class: xl64, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent"] [/TD]
[TD="class: xl64, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent"] [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl63, width: 64, bgcolor: white"]A[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63, width: 100, bgcolor: white"]1[/TD]
[TD="class: xl64, bgcolor: transparent"] [/TD]
[TD="class: xl64, bgcolor: transparent"] [/TD]
[TD="class: xl64, bgcolor: transparent"] [/TD]
[TD="class: xl64, bgcolor: transparent"]A[/TD]
[TD="class: xl64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]7[/TD]
[TD="class: xl64, bgcolor: transparent"] [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl63, width: 64, bgcolor: white"]A, B[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63, width: 100, bgcolor: white"]2[/TD]
[TD="class: xl64, bgcolor: transparent"] [/TD]
[TD="class: xl64, bgcolor: transparent"] [/TD]
[TD="class: xl64, bgcolor: transparent"] [/TD]
[TD="class: xl64, bgcolor: transparent"]B[/TD]
[TD="class: xl64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]16[/TD]
[TD="class: xl64, bgcolor: transparent"] [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl63, width: 64, bgcolor: white"]A, B, C[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63, width: 100, bgcolor: white"]3[/TD]
[TD="class: xl64, bgcolor: transparent"] [/TD]
[TD="class: xl64, bgcolor: transparent"] [/TD]
[TD="class: xl64, bgcolor: transparent"] [/TD]
[TD="class: xl64, bgcolor: transparent"]C[/TD]
[TD="class: xl64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]11[/TD]
[TD="class: xl64, bgcolor: transparent"] [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl63, width: 64, bgcolor: white"]A, C[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63, width: 100, bgcolor: white"]1[/TD]
[TD="class: xl64, bgcolor: transparent"] [/TD]
[TD="class: xl64, bgcolor: transparent"] [/TD]
[TD="class: xl64, bgcolor: transparent"] [/TD]
[TD="class: xl64, bgcolor: transparent"] [/TD]
[TD="class: xl64, bgcolor: transparent"] [/TD]
[TD="class: xl64, bgcolor: transparent"] [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl63, width: 64, bgcolor: white"]B[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63, width: 100, bgcolor: white"]5[/TD]
[TD="class: xl64, bgcolor: transparent"] [/TD]
[TD="class: xl64, bgcolor: transparent"] [/TD]
[TD="class: xl64, bgcolor: transparent"] [/TD]
[TD="class: xl64, bgcolor: transparent"] [/TD]
[TD="class: xl64, bgcolor: transparent"] [/TD]
[TD="class: xl64, bgcolor: transparent"] [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl63, width: 64, bgcolor: white"]B, C[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63, width: 100, bgcolor: white"]6[/TD]
[TD="class: xl64, bgcolor: transparent"] [/TD]
[TD="class: xl64, bgcolor: transparent"] [/TD]
[TD="class: xl64, bgcolor: transparent"] [/TD]
[TD="class: xl64, bgcolor: transparent"] [/TD]
[TD="class: xl64, bgcolor: transparent"] [/TD]
[TD="class: xl64, bgcolor: transparent"] [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl63, width: 64, bgcolor: white"]C[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63, width: 100, bgcolor: white"]1[/TD]
[TD="class: xl64, bgcolor: transparent"] [/TD]
[TD="class: xl64, bgcolor: transparent"] [/TD]
[TD="class: xl64, bgcolor: transparent"] [/TD]
[TD="class: xl64, bgcolor: transparent"] [/TD]
[TD="class: xl64, bgcolor: transparent"] [/TD]
[TD="class: xl64, bgcolor: transparent"] [/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]


G2, copied down:

=SUMIF($A$2:$A$8,"*"&F2&"*",$B$2:$B$8)
 
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