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Don't trust Excel's COUNTA function to count non-blank cells—here's a better method
In most counting scenarios in Excel, COUNTBLANK reliably counts blank cells, and COUNTA reliably counts populated cells. However, with these functions comes a problematic paradox: an empty string from ...
We will use the following three methods to count nonblank cells in Excel. In Microsoft Excel, the COUNTA is the function that is used to count the cells that contain some values. In simple words, the ...
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You need to know what the tilde (~) does in Excel
The tilde isn't the only sign you need to understand to truly get your head around Excel's inner workings. For example, the ...
The COUNTIFS function in Excel is a powerful and versatile tool for counting cells based on multiple criteria. It offers a significant advantage over the COUNTIF function, which is limited to handling ...
Please note: This item is from our archives and was published in 2001. It is provided for historical reference. The content may be out of date and links may no longer function. Q. I frequently have to ...
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