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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.
To count the frequency of a text in Excel, you can use the Countif function. We have described the entire process in detail. We have created sample data with the names of the planets in Excel (as ...
While Excel was designed for numbers, it also involves text in cells. So, for example, if you want to transfer your data and limit the characters for each cell, you may want to know how to count ...
Excel has over 475 formulas in its Functions Library, from simple mathematics to very complex statistical, logical, and engineering tasks such as IF statements (one of our perennial favorite stories); ...
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