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Count cells that contain numbers

Applies to: Microsoft Office Excel 2003

Let's say you want to count only rows that contain numbers and dates in a column that contains a mix of different data types. There are several ways to count cells that contain numbers.

What do you want to do?

Count cells that contain numbers in a contiguous row or column

Count cells that contain numbers that are not in a contiguous row or column

Count cells that contain numbers in a contiguous row or column

Select a cell below or to the right of the numbers that you want to count.
Click the arrow next to the AutoSum on the Standard toolbar (toolbar: A bar with buttons and options that you use to carry out commands. To display a toolbar, press ALT and then SHIFT+F10.), and then click Count and press ENTER.

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Count cells that contain numbers that are not in a contiguous row or column

To do this task, use the COUNT function.

Example

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

Show How to copy an example

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 Tools menu, point to Formula Auditing, and then click Formula Auditing Mode.

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Formula	Description (Result)
=COUNT(A2:A6)	Counts number of cells that contain numbers (3) in the list. A date is a number.
=COUNT(A2:A3,A6)	Counts number of cells that contain numbers (2), of the top two and bottom cells in the list. A date is a number.

Function details

COUNT

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