Fuzzy 'Countif' excel formula

Question

I have reports I'm running for learning outcomes for students, tagged as AAA 123 - CLO 1 - 7.17.17 for example.

The dataset I import will have variations on that string, keeping constant however, the CLO 1 , CLO 2 etc (as these are the numbered CLOs for a particular course.

I have a countif formula setup, but it only works if update the formulas each time to reflect the new string ie changing AAA 123 - CLO 1 - 7.17.17 to BBB 345- CLO 1 - 7.18.17 for example.

My question is, can I write a formula to just parse the CLO 1 part of the string as those characters are always present?

Thank you!

Answer 1

=COUNTIF(A1:A100, "*CLO 1*")

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