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Count nonblank cells

Applies to: Microsoft Office Excel 2003

Let's say you want to find out how many people entered project hours this week or how many products sold on a specific day. To count nonblank cells, use the COUNTA function.

Example

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

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Create a blank workbook or worksheet.
Select the example in the Help topic.
Note Do not select the row or column headers.

Selecting an example from Help
Press CTRL+C.
In the worksheet, select cell A1, and press CTRL+V.
To switch between viewing the results and viewing the formulas that return the results, press CTRL+` (grave accent), or on the Formulas tab, in the Formula Auditing group, click the Show Formulas button.

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Formula	Description (Result)
=COUNTA(A2:A6)	Counts the number of nonblank cells in the list above (3)
=COUNTA(A2:A3, A6)	Counts the number of nonblank cells in the top two, and bottom cell in the list (1)

Function details

COUNTA

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