"Teethless mama" wrote in message
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=SUM(COUNTIF(INDIRECT({"A1","C1","E1"}),"<0"))

It looks like it should work but in XL97 it returns 3 for me because
=COUNTIF(A1,"<0") returns 1

I don't know if it is the same in all versions.

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"Teethless mama" wrote in message
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=SUM(COUNTIF(INDIRECT({"A1","C1","E1"}),"<0"))


"Sean" wrote:

How can I count up the number of non "Zeros" in A1, C1, E1?

I can't use a simple COUNTA as I may have "Zeros" in some cells and I
don't want those included in my answer

Thanks