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Word Count of text in a Numbers column?

Hi everyone

I'd like to be able to see how many words are in each column in a Numbers sheet.

Is this possible at all?


If, as I suspect, it isn't: can anyone suggest a work around?


Many thanks in advance,

David

Mac mini, macOS 12.6

Posted on Apr 5, 2023 9:17 AM

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Posted on Apr 5, 2023 3:00 PM

With the newer functions REGEX.EXTRACT and TEXTJOIN, along with COUNTA, it can be done.



D2=COUNTA(REGEX.EXTRACT(TEXTJOIN(" ",TRUE,B2:B6),"\S+",0))


It counts the number of groups of "non-whitespace" characters such as "The", "quick", "dog.", "ain't" etc.

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Word Count of text in a Numbers column?

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