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COUNTA function: Description, Usage, Syntax, Examples and Explanation

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What is COUNTA function in Excel?

The COUNTA function is one of the Statistical functions in Microsoft Excel which counts the number of cells that are not empty in a range.

Syntax of COUNTA function

COUNTA(value1, [value2], …)

The COUNTA function syntax has the following arguments:

  • value1    Required. The first argument representing the values that you want to count.
  • value2, …    Optional. Additional arguments representing the values that you want to count, up to a maximum of 255 arguments.
Worked Example:   Count cells not equal to many things in Excel

Explanation of COUNTA function

  • The COUNTA function counts cells containing any type of information, including error values and empty text (“”). For example, if the range contains a formula that returns an empty string, the COUNTA function counts that value. The COUNTA function does not count empty cells.
  • If you do not need to count logical values, text, or error values (in other words, if you want to count only cells that contain numbers), use the COUNT function.
  • If you want to count only cells that meet certain criteria, use the COUNTIF function or the COUNTIFS function.
Worked Example:   Check if multiple cells have same value with case sensitive in Excel

Example of COUNTA function

Steps to follow:

1. Open a new Excel worksheet.

2. Copy data in the following table below and paste it in cell A1

Note: For formulas to show results, select them, press F2 key on your keyboard and then press Enter.

Worked Example:   Count cells that are blank in Excel

You can adjust the column widths to see all the data, if need be.

Data
39790
19
22.24
TRUE
#DIV/0!
Formula Description Result
=COUNTA(A2:A7) Counts the number of nonblank cells in cells A2 through A7. 5

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