» Counting the Number of Cells Containing Text
CATEGORY - Excel Counting
VERSION - All Microsoft Excel Versions
Problem:Range A1:C5 contains numbers and text.
We want to count the number of cells within that range that contain text.
Solution 1:
Use the COUNTA and COUNT functions as shown in the following formula:
=COUNTA(A1:C5)-COUNT(A1:C5)
Solution 2:
Use the COUNTIF function as shown in the following formula:
=COUNTIF(A1:C5,"*")
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