=COUNT(V1, V2...)
- Where V1, V2 ... are the arguments.
- COUNT() returns the number of cells that contain numbers, and also numbers within the list of arguments.
- Arguments can be numbers, dates or text representation of numbers.
- Logical values, text, error values are ignored.
Description
COUNT(V1,V2...)
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.
- The arguments may be any kind of data such as numbers, date, text, empty cells etc. but only numbers are counted.
- Any error values, text, empty cells or logical values are not counted.
Examples
| Column1 | Column2 | Column3 | Column4 | |
| Row1 | Sales | 4 | ||
| Row2 | 23/8/2009 | 3 | ||
| Row3 | ||||
| Row4 | 22 | |||
| Row5 | 52.69 | 0 | ||
| Row6 | 1 | |||
| Row7 | #DIV/0! |
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=COUNT(B2:B8) |
Counts the number of cells that contain numbers in the list above (3) |
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=COUNT(B5:B8) |
Counts the number of cells that contain numbers in the last 4 rows of the list (3) |