This should be easy for someone. I have a checkbox field with 9 options run off a custom value list. I am running a report of how many times each option is checked throughout the entire db.

There might be an easier way, but here is what I have. I have a calculation field for each option of the check box field. So I have 9 calculation fields. Each field will calculate a "1" if the option is checked. For example:

If(T_strategies= "Presentation";"1";"")

The problem is that if I have more than 1 tiem checked, the value of T_strategies is something else like: "Email Presentation" instead of just Presentation. How do I tell the calculation that if T-strategies has the word Presentation anywhere in it put a "1" in the field? Is there a wild card I can add to the formula so the calculation is

If(T_strategies= [color:red]any other text & "Presentation" [color:red]& any other text;"1";"") ? That is what I think would work but don't know how to do it.

Thanks for any help you can provide.

Here's an idea!

http://www.kevinfrank.com/download/counting-values.zip

--sd

Thanks, I appreciate the help. Since I have a few of these situations in the database, I was hoping it would be a simple syntax solution with the existing formula rather than scripts. But this will certainly fit the bill. Many thanks.

You can use the position() function to find if a particular piece of text appears in a larger piece of text:

If(Position(T_strategies; "Presentation" ;1;1);"1";"")

Brilliant. Just what I was looking for. Thanks to both of you.