Statistical - COUNTA Function

Description

The COUNTA function counts the number of cells that are not empty in a range.

Syntax

COUNTA (value1, [value2] ...)

Arguments

Argument Description Required/ Optional
value1 The first argument representing the values that you want to count. Required
value2, ... Additional arguments representing the values that you want to count, up to a maximum of 255 arguments. Optional

Notes

  • The COUNTA function counts cells containing any type of information, including error values and empty text ("").

  • The COUNTA function does not count empty cells.

  • If you do not need to count logical values, text, or error values (in other words, if you want to count only cells that contain numbers), use the COUNT function.

  • If you want to count only cells that meet certain criteria, use the COUNTIF function or the COUNTIFS function.

Applicability

Excel 2007, Excel 2010, Excel 2013, Excel 2016

Example

CountA Function
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