use:

=COUNTA(A:A)

Regards

Trevor


"jerie" wrote in message
...
how can I count all the occupied cells in the same column
if the cells contain text and numbers?
A
row 1 br1
row 2
row 3
row 4 cb2
row 5
row 6
row 7 df6
ect down to row 200.

the answer should be 3 (the number of cells occupied)

please help thanks

rgs jerie