Cheers Ron (and everyone else who responded so quickly). Your answer solved
the problem.

Amanda

"Ron Coderre" wrote:

Try something like this:

ExtractLength=(WorksheetFunction.CountA(Range("'Bl ank'!$A:$A"))-1)

Does that help?
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Regards,
Ron

XL2002, WinXP


"Birmangirl" wrote:

A colleague is using XL2003 and has used the following formulae as part of a
macro - he's trying to test for non blank cells in a dynamic range:

ExtractLength=(COUNTA('Blank'!$A:$A)-1)

It's causing a Compile Error:Syntax Error

Is this because the formulae as written contains a circular reference? How
best to advise - any help gratefully accepted; macros really aren't my strong
point!

Amanda