You would probably be better of trying to tackle this with a spreadsheet and a couple of calculated columns. If it's an ongoing tally you want to maintain and / or the dataset it too big for a spreadsheet, consider a database. But the fastest immediate solution: Use BBEdit not to do the calculation but to scribble up a Node JS script. From the looks of your dataset, it would take a few minutes to write, and a few seconds to execute.
> On Oct 6, 2020, at 11:23 AM, Howard <leadwithlo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I have the following data (shown below). I want to count how many times each > of the four names appear (Harvey Haney, Apple Jones, Banana Herb, Sam Blue). > Can this be done in BBEdit? If not, I would appreciate suggestions on how it > can be done. > > 10:45:57 From Harvey Haney : Good morning. How is everyone today? > 10:46:08 From Apple Jones : I'm doing good. How are you? > 10:46:12 From Banana Herb : Good how are you! > 10:46:18 From Sam Blue : I'm doing fine. How are you? > 10:45:57 From Harvey Haney : Good morning. How is everyone today? > 10:46:08 From Harvey Haney : I'm doing good. How are you? > 10:46:12 From Apple Jones : Good how are you! > 10:46:18 From Sam Blue : I'm doing fine. How are you? > 10:45:57 From Harvey Haney : Good morning. > > -- > This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a feature > request or need technical support, please email "supp...@barebones.com" > rather than posting here. Follow @bbedit on Twitter: > <https://twitter.com/bbedit <https://twitter.com/bbedit>> > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BBEdit Talk" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to bbedit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:bbedit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bbedit/379b202c-463e-4d7c-8a26-af63ab83d0aan%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bbedit/379b202c-463e-4d7c-8a26-af63ab83d0aan%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a feature request or need technical support, please email "supp...@barebones.com" rather than posting here. Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <https://twitter.com/bbedit> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BBEdit Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to bbedit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bbedit/B553E55D-CF74-417A-84D5-ABA0C2947CE8%40gmail.com.
