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 <[email protected]> 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 "[email protected]" > 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 [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > 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 "[email protected]" 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bbedit/B553E55D-CF74-417A-84D5-ABA0C2947CE8%40gmail.com.
