Rational
Counts non blank cells.
Description
The Excel COUNTA function returns the count of numbers and text within the reference list of arguments ignoring blank cells.
For example, if A1:A10 contains three empty cells and remaining are filled with any value, to count values in the range A1:A10; =COUNTA(A1:A10) will return 7 (ignoring blank).
Syntax
= COUNTA(value1, [value2], …)
Parameters
value1 – First range or array of values
value2 [optional] – Second range or array of values.
The COUNTA function can accommodate up to 255 numbers as an argument.
Return Value
An Integer indicating counts of non-blank cells.
Key Notes
- The COUNTA function counts numerical, dates, text, logical, error values in each range (value).
- The user can use COUNT function to count only numerical numbers.
- A cell with any value including zero or space is counted.
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