=counta() will count anything except cells that are empty. It will include any
formula in the count--no matter what it evaluates to.

Depending on what you're looking for, maybe you could return "", then use a
formula like:
=countif(a:a,"<")



wrote:

Let me rephrase then.

I want something that counta() won't pick up.

Biff wrote:
wrote..
=if(false, "yup",) will record 0
=if(false, "yup","") will record the empty string
=if(false, "yup") will record "False"

What I want is null, nothing, nada. rien de tout, a virgin cell.

Well, you ain't gonna get it!

There is no "null". The closest you can get is the empty string

Biff

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Dave Peterson