COUNTBLANK

MS Excel Spreadsheet

See Also

Counts empty cells in a specified range of cells.

Syntax

COUNTBLANK(range)

Range    is the range from which you want to count the blank cells.

Remark

Cells with formulas that return "" (empty text) are also counted. Cells with zero values are not counted.

Example

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

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Data Data
6 =IF(B4<30,"",B4)
27
4 34
Formula Description (Result)
=COUNTBLANK(A2:B5) Counts empty cells in the range above. The formula returns the number of empty text cells. (3)