I tried the formula as a range and it worked. The formula I used was:

=COUNTIF(A1:D5,1)

Hope this helps,
Les



"nsharpe" wrote:

COUNTIF seems to require a continuous range of cells to be inserted in the
formula.
I have a series of discontinuous cells from which I wish to count all those
that have the value 1.
COUNTIF((A1,C3,D5),1) for example returns #VALUE#. Using colons as
separators does not work either.
Any suggestions?