=COUNTIF(A:A,"~?")

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HTH

Bob Phillips

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"Robin Blackwell" wrote in message
...
Hi all, is there a simple function that will allow me to count the number
of
"?" in a column of data? I have a longish column that contains only "y",
"n",blanks, or "?". I can use COUNTIF functions to count the number of "y"
and "n", COUNTBLANK to count the number of blank cells, but if I enter a
COUNTIF using "?", it returns a count of all cells containing data. Help
please! Regards, Robin