I don't like

=COUNTIF(B1:B6,"#N/A")

I know it works, but it just doesn't feel right, #N/A is not text. I much
prefer

=SUMPRODUCT(--ISNA(B1:B6))


"Epinn" wrote in message
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Biff,

Thanks for your response.

When I said "the only way" my emphasis wasn't on COUNTIF but on "*true" and
TRUE. I was wondering if checking both was the only way. I was hoping that
I could write out "true" in some way *once* and I could catch both logical
and text. I guess not.

I didn't know that only COUNTIF requires the wildcard and SUMPRODUCT was
okay without it. Very strange.

=SUMPRODUCT(--(A1:A6="true"))+SUMPRODUCT(--(A1:A6=TRUE))

Thanks for telling me about #N/A. I have no problem using COUNTIF for #N/A
but I have a problem using SUMPRODUCT.

=SUMPRODUCT(--(B1:B6=#N/A)) returns #N/A
=SUMPRODUCT(--(B1:B6="#N/A")) returns #N/A

Unlike "true" or TRUE, neither one of the above two formulae for #N/A works.
Will stick with COUNTIF.

Any suggestion? No guarantee required.

Epinn

"Epinn" wrote in message
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Biff or anyone,

Is this the only way to count both text "true" and logical TRUE?

=COUNTIF(A1:A10,"*true")+COUNTIF(A1:A10,"true")

Thanks.

Epinn