countif criteria only one word of few doesn't work

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dcd123

I am trying to use countif where the criteria in some cases will be on
word from a cell that has several words in it. I'm getting a tota
count of 0 in these instances. Is there a way to set the criteria t
work this way or perhaps a different counting function?

Thanks
 
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RagDyer

Say you're looking for "Tom" in Column E:

=COUNTIF(E1:E25,"*Tom*")

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HTH,

RD
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dcd123

Thank you very much. It worked! I knew there must be a way and I tried
a couple of variations of this suggestion, I just didn't put them
together. Thanks again!
 
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