COUNTA

MS Excel Spreadsheet

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Counts the number of cells that are not empty and the values within the list of arguments. Use COUNTA to count the number of cells that contain data in a range or array.

Syntax

COUNTA(value1,value2, ...)

Value1, value2, ...    are 1 to 30 arguments representing the values you want to count. In this case, a value is any type of information, including empty text ("") but not including empty cells. If an argument is an array or reference, empty cells within the array or reference are ignored. If you do not need to count logical values, text, or error values, use the COUNT function.

Example

The example may be easier to understand if you copy it to a blank spreadsheet.

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Data
Sales
12/8/2008
19
22.24
TRUE
#DIV/0!
Formula Description (Result)
=COUNTA(A2:A8) Counts the number of nonblank cells in the list above (6)
=COUNTA(A5:A8) Counts the number of nonblank cells in the last 4 rows of the list (4)
=COUNTA(A1:A7, 2) Counts the number of nonblank cells in the list above and the value 2 (7)
=COUNTA(A1:A7, "Two") Counts the number of nonblank cells in the list above and the value "Two" (7)