VBA Count cells in column containing specified value

Question

I need to write a macro that searches a specified column and counts all the cells that contain a specified string, such as \"19/12/11\" or \"Green\"

Answer 1

Not what you asked but may be useful nevertheless.

Of course you can do the same thing with matrix formulas. Just read the result of the cell that contains:

Cell A1="Text to search"
Cells A2:C20=Range to search for

=COUNT(SEARCH(A1;A2:C20;1))

Remember that entering matrix formulas needs CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER, not just ENTER. After, it should look like :

{=COUNT(SEARCH(A1;A2:C20;1))}