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| − | *COUNT(), counts how many numbers are in the list of arguments. | + | **COUNT(), counts how many numbers are in the list of arguments. |
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| − | *Arguments can be numbers, dates or text representation of numbers.
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| − | *Logical values, text, error values are ignored.
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| | == Description == | | == Description == |
| | COUNT() | | COUNT() |
| | + | *Arguments can be numbers, dates or text representation of numbers. |
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| − | Consider columns A1 to A8 contain 4 numbers. Then the function COUNT(A1:A8) ''returns 4'' as a result. | + | *Logical values, text, error values are ignored. |
| − | | + | *Consider columns A1 to A8 contain 4 numbers. Then the function COUNT(A1:A8) ''returns 4'' as a result. |
| − | COUNT(A1:A8,7,13) ''returns 6'' as a result.
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| − | COUNT(1..100) ''returns 100'' as a result.
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| − | COUNT(1..100,5,TRUE,"ONE") ''returns 102'' as a result. Logical value 'TRUE' is not counted.
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| | + | *COUNT(A1:A8,7,13) ''returns 6'' as a result. |
| | + | *COUNT(1..100) ''returns 100'' as a result. |
| | + | *COUNT(1..100,5,TRUE,"ONE") ''returns 102'' as a result. Logical value 'TRUE' is not counted. |
| | * The arguments may be any kind of data such as numbers, date, text, empty cells etc. but only numbers are counted. | | * The arguments may be any kind of data such as numbers, date, text, empty cells etc. but only numbers are counted. |
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| | * Any error values, text, empty cells or logical values are not counted. | | * Any error values, text, empty cells or logical values are not counted. |
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| | * COUNTA() can be used to count the number of cells with empty text("") or error values. | | * COUNTA() can be used to count the number of cells with empty text("") or error values. |
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| | * COUNTIF() can be used to count the number of cells that satisfy the given criteria. | | * COUNTIF() can be used to count the number of cells that satisfy the given criteria. |
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