Just to follow the subject line:

=COUNTIF(A:A,"<")

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Regards,

RD

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"luvthavodka" wrote in message
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I need to count how many cells in a column contain anything, hence not
counting blank ones.

=COUNTIF(range,criteria)

what would the criteria be?